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color:#1F497D'>Isn’t it just a way to make them stronger, & they don’t
break, just shear the gudgeon instead?<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>matthewhigby@ZWOKeA48qryGaIqw5H8JF_LnhI3g4FeYX0w8shkVT7nHGpz2RyZ5vnDgSEp3WorbkYpNm23ujZUTnH4.yahoo.invalid<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 07 July 2009 07:51<br>
<b>To:</b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Dual stays<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p>I've never seen that, but I have seen "wish bone" stype stays that
fix to either side of the headstock, and curve over the headstock to meet in
the middle. The ones I saw were bound together with twine (Can't remember where
:-/).<br>
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Matthew<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
visited Millbrook, Bedfordshire on Saturday and both bells are fitted with dual
stays positioned either side of the headstock on the opposite side to the
wheel. One stay engages the slider at Handstroke and the other at backstroke. I
have not seen an arrangement like this before. How common is this?</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: David & Mary Kelly <keltek@AV6w0sHtVTg2_-x21JBG0e_3TFl2yNtjm2vBajzpMsypgWTG-B4hqrhAgkPCz8zbMwvdc20aPXmmpEGybA.yahoo.invalid><br>
To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br>
Sent: Tue, Jul 7, 2009 7:35 am<br>
Subject: [Bell Historians] Dual stays<o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
visited Millbrook, Bedfordshire on Saturday and both bells are fitted with dual
stays positioned either side of the headstock on the opposite side to the
wheel. One stay engages the slider at Handstroke and the other at backstroke. I
have not seen an arrangement like this before. How common is this?</span><o:p></o:p></p>

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