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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rod Bickerton wrote: " I thought I knew exactly
what to expect from a 3/4 Tn 1873 Whitechapel 8. <FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=2><SPAN class=588431815-14042008>Wrong, they are very good.
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class=588431815-14042008>Is anything known, were they some sort of experiment,
tuned by someone different, cast by someone else under contract or
what</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2>?"</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm not sure what the aural equivalent of "rose
tinted spectacles" is, but I strongly suspect a case of it here. If they are
better than expected, it probably has more to do with a favourable acoustic than
anything else. But I'm really only mailing to suggest that pursuit, exploration
or speculation on the latter points in the above extract would be pointless.
They must surely be a standard M&S job of the period</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CJP</FONT><!--End group email --></DIV></BODY></HTML>