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<div>At 20:35 +0100 2009/08/07, John H Allen wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">I have
found this quote on the web. It seems that we are talking about
servant's call bells!</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman">Miniature
augers -- gimlets, not illustrated above -- were used by bell hangers
(to allow for passage of strings for pulling
bells),</font></blockquote>
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<div>Coincidentally, yesterday's mail brought the Fall 2009 schedule
of Lectures & Tours by The Royal Oak Foundation, an American
organization which exists to support the work of The National Trust in
the UK. The cover photo on this pamphlet is "Detail of the
brass servants' bells at Erddig." Not only are the brass
bells spring-mounted in the usual fashion, but also there is a
separate spring-mounted brass disk below each bell, just above the
associated brass-and-black name plate, to provide a longer-vibrating
visual indicator. Obviously, excellent craftsmanship was not
confined to the public areas of this great house.</div>
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<div>Carl</div>
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