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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=752465915-16102009>He
spoke at the Perspectives conference at Worcester and again took the "Early
Music" stance. I pointed out that there weren't ringers going around
seeking out complete untouched 17th century peals on which to perform authentic
six-scores of Grandsire Doubles so his argument didn't stand. He replied
that other musicians were envious of ringers having early bells still in
existence (but not presumably in use if the conservation lobby have their way
over the bell frame in which they hang).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=752465915-16102009>Andrew</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
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Behalf Of </B>Alan Taylor<BR><B>Sent:</B> 16 October 2009 10:38<BR><B>To:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Bell Historians] Bell
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">David was involved in
writing the report on the bells of St Luke’s <ST1><ST1>Chelsea</ST1></ST1>.
This said in essence, that the bells shouldn’t be recast as they were a
complete Mears 10. But, as the two trebles were so dreadful, two new trebles
could be cast to replace them. The two old bells would have to be hung
dead.<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The writers of the
report didn’t seem to notice that to follow their advice the bells would no
longer be a Mears 10. <O></O></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I knew
David as a (rather dull) musicologist, with interests in organs<BR>in
particular. He has been working for one of the conservation<BR>bodies,
but so far as I know has no formal trained knowledge of bells<BR>or
bellringing.<BR><BR>Mark<BR><BR>2009/10/15 jimhedgcock <<A
href="mailto:jameshedgcock%40hotmail.com">jameshedgcock@<WBR>hotmail.com</A>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
Can anyone tell me the authority with which a certain Dr. David Knight speaks
on these
matters?<O></O></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><!--End group email --></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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