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<DIV>In a message dated 18/12/2008 09:08:09 GMT Standard Time,
davidbryant@73Ug50NBsBkcn0qs4xXr8GL5weqDJaK6eTY6U2yt-NQtPjCuv0Jz-3QZqtFAoAo1cxqAuh7FfXdSW_J-VgEYkvjfRg.yahoo.invalid writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Georgia color=#000000 size=2>Surley
a major factor must be the acoustics of the towers having new rings installed.
It's become relatively rare for bellfounders to get the opportinity for a
complete new ring, and even when that does happen how often do towers with the
acoustics of, say, Chewton Mendip come up? Virtually never, I would
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<DIV>Agreed! </DIV>
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<DIV>Look how many new "complete" peals were cast between
1970 and 2008 (about 100 by Taylors), in comparison to 1900 to 1939
(about 340 by Taylors). There was about 3 times more chance of finding a good
tower back then!</DIV>
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<DIV>Is the drastic reduction down to Heritage Issues, the decline of the CofE
or is there just less money about???</DIV>
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<DIV>Matthew</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">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</FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>