<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>I would like to be able to supply the details but i live in Barnstaple</DIV>
<DIV>now . However , I shall ask the local folk if they have the kit to record</DIV>
<DIV>all the bells .</DIV>
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<DIV>Sonning was , I believe , in 1912 the first major restoration Taylors </DIV>
<DIV>did in Berkshire . 3 cracked trebles recast , cannons off , new frame</DIV>
<DIV>and the sound is very much as you would expect . Had the same job</DIV>
<DIV>come up today , maybe the trebles would be welded , the cannons</DIV>
<DIV>retained and the Knight bells not allowed to be tuned .</DIV>
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<DIV>Perhaps then , both Sonning and Thatcham represent an example</DIV>
<DIV>of the bell tuners art that cannot be repeated ? If thats the case then</DIV>
<DIV>I would have thought that any maiden bell of that age would be listed .</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks.</DIV>
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<DIV>David</DIV>
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<DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 10/9/08, Mike Chester <I><mike@I9YRCGxDBPQTQELHAn6PX5sYMDRpS2lRi7qyoF4xONm4PV0wa7qjFlgBvpRSBDH5pELTjR53Tx4LM9Z3a7HhQicU.yahoo.invalid></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: Mike Chester <mike@I9YRCGxDBPQTQELHAn6PX5sYMDRpS2lRi7qyoF4xONm4PV0wa7qjFlgBvpRSBDH5pELTjR53Tx4LM9Z3a7HhQicU.yahoo.invalid><BR>Subject: [Bell Historians] Re: Reading the national bell register<BR>To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR>Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 12:12 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>--- In <A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com" target=_blank rel=nofollow>bellhistorians@ yahoogroups. com</A>, "dcwillispiano" <BR><dcwillispiano@ ...> wrote:<BR>><BR>> I have downloaded the oxford guild part of this into a spreadsheet<BR>> and as others have said , it is all a splendid piece of work .<BR><BR>Agreed!<BR><BR>> <BR>> My first home tower , Sonning , has 4 Ellis Knight tenors dated <BR>> 1640/41<BR>> and under the LIST column of the register "yes" is entered against<BR>> each bell . I presume that this is a preservation order . <BR><BR>It means that the bells are listed and there are certain assumptions <BR>against tuning, recasting, etc - others will no doubt fill in the <BR>details.<BR><BR>I notice that canon status for the front bells, frequencies and <BR>diameters are not in the pNBR - can you not supply them to JCB?<BR><BR>Mike<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table><br>