<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I was told that another one of his phrases was . .</DIV>
<DIV>" There's no such thing as a bad bell , it's just that some are better</DIV>
<DIV>than others "</DIV>
<DIV>I can't quite go along with that . </DIV>
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<DIV>David<BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 10/10/08, Richard Offen <I><richard.offen@fBCsQO3mLV4YaLYffvoWnuLFOwTcQ9rxS__HZHXwaTDJt79wAmUt3V1dASHoRAmhNr8y4cd2SSD1d6UsPagRX4zWUNk.yahoo.invalid></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Richard Offen <richard.offen@fBCsQO3mLV4YaLYffvoWnuLFOwTcQ9rxS__HZHXwaTDJt79wAmUt3V1dASHoRAmhNr8y4cd2SSD1d6UsPagRX4zWUNk.yahoo.invalid><BR>Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Riverside bass bell<BR>To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR>Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 12:59 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Bill had several versions upon the same theme!<BR><BR>R<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com</A>]<BR>On Behalf Of Alan Taylor<BR>Sent: Friday, 10 October 2008 5:34 AM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com</A><BR>Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Riverside bass bell<BR><BR>Bill's phrase was "it's like hitting a cow up the arse with a wet<BR>shovel"<BR><BR>Alan<BR><BR>____________ _________ _________ __<BR><BR>From: <A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com</A><BR>[mailto:<A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>bellhistorians@ yahoogroups.
com</A>] On Behalf Of Richard Offen<BR>Sent: 09 October 2008 15:44<BR>To: <A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com</A><BR>Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Riverside bass bell<BR><BR>The Newark one sounds marginally better, but, in the words of the late,<BR>great Bill Theobald, they both "sound like a cow's arse being hit with a<BR>wet bullock!"<BR><BR>R<BR><BR>____________ _________ _________ __<BR><BR>From: <A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com</A><BR>[mailto:<A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com</A>] On Behalf Of<BR><A href="mailto:matthewhigby%40aol.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>matthewhigby@ aol.com</A><BR>Sent: Thursday, 9 October 2008 5:32 PM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com</A><BR>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Riverside bass bell<BR><BR>In a message dated 09/10/2008 08:42:40 GMT Standard Time,<BR><A href="mailto:richard.offen%40iinet.net.au" target=_blank rel=nofollow>richard.offen@ iinet.net. au</A> writes:<BR><BR>The largest swinging bell in the world is now claimed to be at<BR>Gotenba in Japan. At around 36 tons, I believe it was cast in 2006 by<BR>Eijsbouts, but, interestingly, their web site makes no mention of it.<BR>As far as I am aware the Riverside bourdon is still the largest tuned<BR>bell in the world .unless someone else knows different.<BR><BR>Richard<BR><BR>I think that these may answer Jims question.<BR><BR>The recent Eijsbouts bell in Japan - looks untuned to me:<BR><BR><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9urKCqrzUGM" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=9urKCqrzUGM</A><BR><<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9urKCqrzUGM"
target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=9urKCqrzUGM</A>> <BR><BR>Peace Bell at Newport Kentucky (Cast by Paccard):<BR><BR><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI6Ll_QH9u0" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=eI6Ll_QH9u0</A><BR><<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI6Ll_QH9u0" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=eI6Ll_QH9u0</A>> <BR><BR>Both sound disappointing to my ears! Using Bill Hibberts Tuner - both<BR>seem to have fairly wild harmonics!<BR><BR>Matthew<BR><BR>Matthew Higby & Company Ltd,<BR>Church Bell Engineers,<BR>Jasmine Cottage,<BR>The Street,<BR>Chilcompton,<BR>Bath,<BR>BA3 4HN.<BR><BR>www.bell-hangers. com<BR><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A href="http://www.avg.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://www.avg. com</A><BR>Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.6/1715 - Release Date:<BR>10/8/2008 7:19 PM<BR><BR>No virus
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