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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank goodness for a return to sanity (though Alan
Taylor's version of the W.A.T. expression is the correct one) :)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>No doubt there's a lot in what George says
about microphones. I cannot believe that the Japanese would pay out for what
sounds like a right old bucket. The French bell at Newport I've heard digitally
recorded, and it's reasonable for what it is - very much like a large version of
the Savoyarde (1892) at the Sacre-Coeur. It also clappers right which the
Dutch bell apears not to. The best thing about the Japanese bell is the audience
enthusiasm!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For untuned bells, give me Great Paul any day. A
credit to its founders as much now as when it was first cast.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 10, 2008 9:16
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Big bells was
Riverside bass bell</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">The recent
Eijsbouts bell in Japan - looks untuned to me:<O></O></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Both sound
disappointing to my ears! Using Bill Hibberts Tuner - both seem to have fairly
wild harmonics!<O></O></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: red">I rather suspect
the sound you hear reflects the microphone rather than the
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