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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Regarding the reason for a raised flange, I
have been told the tuning is<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>slightly moved by the tightness of flat
head crown bolts. Also bolting a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>flat head to a pad would damp any
excitations spreading into the crown.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>Could a raised flange be an attempt to
improve the brightness of smaller<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>bells, particularly if they are of a heavy
scale for inclusion in a big<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>ring?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#333399" face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333399'>I very much doubt it; I think
it was more for convenience of hanging.</span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face=Optima><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>The “Gas Accumulator Co” list from Alan is
a puzzle to me. Lots of 410<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>HZ (G) and a lot of F bells.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt'>What were they for, what became of them?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#333399" face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333399'>They were buoy bells …most
are probably now on the ocean bed!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 color="#333399" face=Optima><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#333399'>R<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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