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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Buswell wrote "Surely this also applies to
bell weights"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Indeed, there is a similar problem with weights -
but it's less of an issue (as we've said before) if we think in terms of
"recorded weights" rather than "exact weights". That way, the last "kosher"
recorded weight stands as being the one to use. So a bell delivered as
10-1-9 in 1910 and altered to 10-0-23 when rehung in 1989 - and if it turns out
to be different when it's weighed again, then the new weight should be used.
This only happens at intervals, and the source of the information is usually
clear, so its reasonably clear-cut</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The problem with diameters is that we can all go
round measuring them at any time - and all come up with different figures. John
Baldwin has (I think sensibly) indicated that he does not wish to receive
corrections to diameters unless there are significant errors -
<STRONG>and</STRONG> he will accept corrections only when the revised figures
are reliable. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dalton would never trust diameters taken by anyone
else, as George says. I recall one tower where we agreed on five out of the six
but he still wouldn't accept my diameter for the remaining bell - and we were
1/8" adrift when we had measured it! No need to say who "lost"!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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