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<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 3px">From the description, this seems to be the original bass bell of the Taylor foundry carillon, after a rather roundabout journey. Can anyone confirm the history described in the article?</BLOCKQUOTE></div>
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From: Carl Scott Zimmerman <csz_stl@XoS3mxjEO1YkdaVEE-7kokWRrxaShGbUveuMco0V4attmommUuXtI3A3ZvmzM81bp5GZP-Z5Cpk.yahoo.invalid><br>
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Subject: [Bell Historians] Historic Taylor bell consecrated in Malta<br>
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<div>From the description, this seems to be the original bass bell of the Taylor foundry carillon, after a rather roundabout journey. Can anyone confirm the history described in the article?</div>
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