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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>"All the ones they could get into the elevator",
the late Jim Lawson, formerly Carilloneur at Riverside, told me. "And at the
dead of night." </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Taylors did a report in the 1980's, which reveals
that sixteen of the G&J bells survived Van Bergen's "massacre", obviously
the sixteen largest, including the five "big swingers". As Carl has
indicated, some were from the Park Avenue Carillon.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>JT&Co were full of praise for the G&J bells
and scathing about the Van Bergen bells both from the point of view of tone and
the manner of installation. The report notes reveal that Van Bergen had replaced
had indeed replaced the top 56 bells with those of his own design and added two
more - thus there were 58 Van Bergen bells. These are the ones replaced by WBF
in more recent years but installed by others. The sixteen large G&J 1925/30
bells remain, the "big swingers" as installed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>For a graphic and readable account read Jill
Johnston's "England's Child", which covers the whole Park Avenue - Riverside
Drive - Van Bergen period honestly and objectively. Jim Lawson would have loved
it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>DLC</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 21, 2010 2:09
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Riverside, New
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri>Can
anyo</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT
face=Calibri>ne tell me how many of the original G&J bells were replaced
by Van Bergen in 1956</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri>And no the GCNA site does not
tell you!.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><FONT face=Calibri>G</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-us></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
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