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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=076035914-06012009>I personally do not much
like large rope circles, and cannot really detect modest rope draw.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=076035914-06012009>Radial frames use large
spaces well, but are difficult to modify if extra bells are
installed.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=076035914-06012009>o/k the hole in the
middle will take the odd extra sharp or flat if it is not filled with a
Bordon.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=076035914-06012009>I was told they would
like to augment Washington but could not do it without major
engineering changes, more than could be justified.</SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Andrew
Higson<BR><B>Sent:</B> 06 January 2009 14:54<BR><B>To:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians]
Guildford Cathedral<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">You
could say the same about
<ST1><ST1>Hereford</ST1></ST1>.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">Isn’t
it more likely that the frame was spread out to fill the copious amounts of room
so that there wasn’t the need to do much drawing of the
ropes?<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Baskerville Old Face" color=blue size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Baskerville Old Face'">I’ve
seen a few M&S frame with similar holes in the middle where there isn’t any
chance that a tenor would ever be added.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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[mailto:bellhistori<WBR>ans@yahoogroups.<WBR>com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>David Bryant<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> 06 January 2009 14:42<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>Guildford</ST1> Cathedral</SPAN></FONT><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“</SPAN></FONT>The
first thing to strike me was the large unused "pit" in the centre. <BR>Was it
origialaly intended to add in a bourdon bell at some point,
<BR>perhaps?”<O></O></P><O></O>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It looks to me like
it’s designed for the addition of a heavier tenor. Wasn’t there some discussion
when they were first installed about having a ring with a 50cwt tenor? Was the
frame designed so that a heavier tenor (presumably 40cwt-ish in C) could be
added later if desired?<O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyone
know?<O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O></O></SPAN></FONT><O></O></P>
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