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<DIV><SPAN class=906121718-19102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I seem
to remember being told when I lived in Leicester that Taylors contracted
out some of their headstocks to Cort's iron foundry in St Ives
Road?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=906121718-19102009><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>David Willis<BR><B>Sent:</B> 19 October 2009 19:06<BR><B>To:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Bell
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<DIV><BR>It is my understanding that Whitechapel, G&J and Taylors
cast their</DIV>
<DIV>headstocks and frames in house.</DIV>
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<DIV>Am I correct ?</DIV>
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<DIV>David</DIV>
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<DIV>--- On Mon, 19/10/09, Carl Scott Zimmerman <A
href="mailto:csz_stl@I-rCnmAs3zyS7vZsJbB-Qvs_gpjOdCBHed130ZHY873M41RnQYVDXJcmQSZsbO9f9HgxDrtRCt6gDg.yahoo.invalid> wrote:">csz_stl@swbell.<WBR>net>
wrote:</A><BR><BR><BR>Andrew Wilby's recent letter of announcement
regarding the future of <BR>the Taylor bellfoundry included the words
"highest standards of bell <BR>and iron founding." I must confess to
having been surprised at that. <BR>In spite of my long familiarity with
the excellence of Taylor's work <BR>(having begun to learn carillon
playing on a Taylor instrument more <BR>than half a century ago), I had
never been aware that they were <BR>involved in casting
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