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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CSZ wrote "<FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>The
description of the bell at St.Anne's as having a "button head" is perhaps not
quite accurate. ... McShane bells have a conical neck, which fits into a conical
socket in the cast-iron yoke (stock)." </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I take your point about the head. I wasn't quite
sure what was under the yoke / stock until I saw the Heaton Norris sketch.
Conical seems a fair description. Presumably the O'Byrne bells - of which I;ve
seen several in Western Australia - have similar heads which fit inside their
"patent rotary mountings"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any McShane bells in Australia? None in the extract
from the 1888/9 catalogue, nor in Keatings <EM>Bells in Australia</EM> book. I'd
be interested to know if any are known from other sources</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CP</FONT></DIV>
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