<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Agreed Richard.<div><br><div>The tuning is just a small, yet very significant part of the process, and the bell casting production demand is very limited at present.</div><div><br></div><div>These two functions are two activities involving bells that require particular specialized skills, yet remember there are many other necessary activities associated with bells.</div><div><br></div><div>You have to consider the complete bell associated potential including maintenance, restoration, safety, education, planning, noise pollution, and provide a comprehensive and affordable package to those responsible for the bells into the future.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 14 Oct 2009, at 02:24, Richard Offen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; width: 655px; position: relative; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="line-height: 1.22em; width: 470px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 25px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; z-index: 1; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><p style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; ">I would also be interested to know what marketing techniques Mr Lucy is proposing in order to conjure up orders for casting new bells? I don't think a change in tuning technique would be the answer!<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">It is fairly clear that one of the problems which has lead to the current sad situation is that there simply isn't enough bell casting business to go round and I don't think it is just the UK bell founders who are experiencing this problem at the moment.<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Richard<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><b style="line-height: 1.22em; ">On Wed Oct 14 3:57 , matthewhigby@<wbr style="line-height: 1.22em; ">aol.com sent:<br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; "></b></p><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 4px; line-height: 1.22em; border-left-color: rgb(245, 245, 245); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; "><span style="line-height: 1.22em; "> </span><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 1.22em; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; font-size: 1px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">.</div></div><img height="1" src="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/grpId=5029388/grpspId=1707285820/msgId=15756/stime=1255463864/nc1=1/nc2=2/nc3=3" width="1" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; color: white; "></div></blockquote><br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div width="1" style="line-height: 1.22em; color: white; clear: both; "></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Charles Lucy</div><div><a href="mailto:lucy@lucytune.com">lucy@pjDdlcmACNSvtBmh4Vk2urQJmBW1S-N4lULLC172CseD-vrhfK83uR02hW4Gz3hDcCRMgUhdhreN.yahoo.invalid</a></div><div><br></div><div>- Promoting global harmony through LucyTuning -</div><div><br></div><div>for information on LucyTuning go to:</div><div><a href="http://www.lucytune.com">http://www.lucytune.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>For LucyTuned Lullabies go to:</div><div><a href="http://www.lullabies.co.uk">http://www.lullabies.co.uk</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></div></body></html>