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<DIV><SPAN class=375583817-14102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Yes,
there were several different Harrisons but as I understand it they came from the
same Yorkshire/North Lincolnshire family. The bellfounding branch produced
some sound bells but my impression is that tuning wasn't always their strong
point. George Dawson notes in his Derbyshire study that James Harrison III
produced some which had "unusual tonal qualities" because of their squat
shape. Going on his ring of eight at Castleton I think this is a somewhat
generous assessment.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=375583817-14102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If
Charles Lucy is willing to commission a set of bells tuned according
to his principles, fine: I shall be very interested to hear what they sound
like. But a large proportion of a bellfounder's work is, as it always has
been, augmenting rings or recasting single bells within an existing set and for
this they need to be a good match for what is already there.
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<DIV><SPAN class=375583817-14102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Like
all of us on this list I hope very much that somebody will come forward with a
business plan that will provide Taylors with an assured
future. Unfortunately I can't see marketing a new and
untried tuning system doing this.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=375583817-14102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
Rivet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=375583817-14102009>"Various bell people have claimed to have
built or used Harrison's bells, yet in reality they usually seem to confuse
their Harrisons."</SPAN></DIV>
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