<div>Was this the retuning at Ludlow, or the retuning at Quedgeley?</div> <div> </div> <div>Andrew Bull<BR><BR><B><I>Andrew Higson <andrew.higson@W_HOt-poqnSN-_lvIZOVV-_1LHlkAVf0hQqzB--_EdBs27DfVD21TECSPk7GOKCeT4fTXvoSheyQsBMQP8xozkKs0nbuh_aN.yahoo.invalid></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <div> <DIV class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">They weren’t overly sharp before I started. The incumbent was very grumpy about what I had done until the organist observed how pleasant and musical the bells were after the
retune.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">Andrew Higson</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><ST1><ST1><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">Taylors</SPAN></FONT></ST1></ST1><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'"> Eayre and Smith Ltd</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:
12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">The Bellfoundry</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">Freehold Street</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">Loughborough</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">LE11 1AR</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=blue><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <div><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">Telephone: 01509 212241 Fax: 01509 263305 Registered in <ST1><ST1>England</ST1></ST1> No. 1352309</SPAN></FONT><O></O></div></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com [mailto:bellhistori<WBR>ans@yahoogroups.<WBR>com] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Richard Offen<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 23 November 2008 21:40<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [<ST1>Bell</ST1> Historians] <ST1><ST1>Ludlow</ST1></ST1></SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang=EN-US><O></O></SPAN></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV id=ygrp-mlmsg> <DIV id=ygrp-msg> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Optima color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Optima">Did they really manage to get octave hum notes out of the Rudhall bells at Quedgley?<O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Optima color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Optima"><O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Optima color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Optima">R<O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O></div> <div
class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Optima color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Optima"><O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O></div> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1> [mailto:<ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1>] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Andrew Bull<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, 24 November 2008 12:55 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [<ST1><ST1>Bell</ST1></ST1> Historians] <ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Ludlow</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O></O><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV id=ygrp-mlmsg> <DIV id=ygrp-msg> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I imagine that the present 5<SUP>th</SUP> and treble will have to be recast, as they would need to be sharpened by a semitone to make 9<SUP>th</SUP> and 4<SUP>th</SUP> of ten with the present 7<SUP>th</SUP> as tenor. Presumably the others would be retuned as well, though I believe they were in fact retuned in 1988 (as well as 1890). It would be interesting to know who is doing the job, and whether the new bells will be old-style or true-harmonic. Quedgeley, in
<ST1><ST1><ST1>Gloucester</ST1></ST1></ST1>, also largely Rudhall 1732, were retuned in 1993 and converted into a true-harmonic ring, which the exception of the 1850 <ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Taylor</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1> sixth, which obviously caused the tuned some problems.<O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Andrew Bull<O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O></div> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1
align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <ST1><ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1></ST1> [mailto:<ST1><ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1></ST1>] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Richard Offen<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 23 November 2008 15:42<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <ST1><ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1></ST1><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [<ST1><ST1><ST1>Bell</ST1></ST1></ST1> Historians] <ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Ludlow</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O><O></O></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O></O><O></O><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV id=ygrp-mlmsg> <DIV id=ygrp-msg> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Optima color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Optima">I hope they are going to be tuned, the present 6<SUP>th</SUP> is horribly flat (almost a ¼ semitone)!<O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O><O></O></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Optima color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Optima"><O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O><O></O></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Optima color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Optima">R<O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O><O></O></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Optima color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Optima"><O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O><O></O></div> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <ST1><ST1><ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1></ST1></ST1> [mailto:<ST1><ST1><ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1></ST1></ST1>] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Andrew Watkins<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, 23 November 2008 11:46 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <ST1><ST1><ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1></ST1></ST1><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [<ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Bell</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1> Historians]
<ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Ludlow</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></SPAN></FONT><O></O><O></O><O></O><O></O></div></DIV> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O></O><O></O><O></O><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div> <DIV id=ygrp-mlmsg> <DIV id=ygrp-msg> <DIV id=ygrp-text> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Ludlow</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1> are going to be made into a 10, with the present 7th as the tenor. The bells are coming out on the 3rd December. Sorry I can't tell you much more at present.<BR><BR>Andrew Watkins<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div><O></O> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: red 1.5pt solid"> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O></O><O></O>============<WBR>=========<WBR>=========<WBR>=========<WBR>=<BR>Message
Received: Nov 23 2008, 12:58 PM<BR>From: "Richard Offen" <BR>To: <ST1><ST1><ST1>bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</ST1></ST1></ST1><BR>Cc: <BR>Subject: RE: [<ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Bell</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1> Historians] <ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Ludlow</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><O></O></SPAN></FONT></div><O></O> <div><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><O></O><O></O>I guess they are either going up to ten or twelve, as has been planned for<BR>the last five years or so - they have two of the Gillett bells from the old<BR>ring at <ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Kidderminster</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1> in store.<BR><BR>R<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: <A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A> [mailto:<A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A>]<BR>On Behalf Of David Bryaant<BR>Sent:
Sunday, 23 November 2008 9:41 PM<BR>To: <A href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@<WBR>yahoogroups.<WBR>com</A><BR>Subject: [<ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Bell</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1> Historians] <ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Ludlow</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1><BR><BR>What's happening at <ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1><ST1>Ludlow</ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1></ST1>, then?<BR><BR><A href="http://www.campanophile.co.uk/show.aspx?Code=74540">http://www.campanop<WBR>hile.co.uk/<WBR>show.aspx?<WBR>Code=74540</A><BR><<A href="http://www.campanophile.co.uk/show.aspx?Code=74540">http://www.campanop<WBR>hile.co.uk/<WBR>show.aspx?<WBR>Code=74540</A>> <BR><BR>Is the augmentation to 12+2# proposed a few years ago now going ahead?<BR><BR>David<BR><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG - <A href="http://www.avg.com/">http://www.avg.<WBR>com</A> <BR>Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.9/1806 -
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