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<DIV><SPAN class=890530222-01082010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>In my
earlier email I should have said polyester rather than terylene, as that is the
specification we were given.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Peter</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>christopher2725<BR><B>Sent:</B> 01 August 2010
22:58<BR><B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bell
Historians] Re: Ropes - Help Please<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><SPAN
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<P>In South Wales at Nash aboutb 20 years ago I spliced prestretched polyester
above the sally and all out troubles went away.I was able to buy the rope in
Bristol .Any rope supplier should be able to obtain some<BR>Chris<BR><BR>---
In <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</A>,
Alan Ellis <alan_ellis@...> wrote:<BR>><BR>> Hello
Everyone,<BR>> <BR>> We are at the end of our rope(s). :-)<BR>>
<BR>> Our current ropes are only two years old and we have yet to be able
to <BR>> eliminate the elasticity. Our tower captain hates them and our
<BR>> visitors dislike them and have trouble with them. Our ringing friends
<BR>> in Seattle no longer like to visit even.<BR>> <BR>> We have
hung weights on the end for weeks but the elasticity comes back <BR>> as
soon as the weather warms up. They were regular ropes with a <BR>> silicone
coating above the sally.<BR>> <BR>> This was the fourth complete set we
have had over the years from Peter <BR>> Minchin. All the other sets were
completely satisfactory and lasted 8 <BR>> to 10 years, depending upon the
amount of ringing and the care taken by <BR>> the steeplekeeper.<BR>>
<BR>> Of course this was all my fault because I did not order this latest
set <BR>> of ropes with terylene tops! :-(<BR>> <BR>> We would
appreciate any and all suggestions, from replacing them with a <BR>> new
set having terylene tops, to splicing in terylene tops to the <BR>>
existing sallies, to changing suppliers. Come to that, are there any <BR>>
suppliers left these days, or have they all retired?<BR>> <BR>> Your
suggestions will be gratefully appreciated,<BR>> <BR>> Alan
Ellis<BR>> Holy Rosary Cathedral<BR>> Vancouver,
B.C.<BR>><BR><BR></P></DIV><!-- end group email --></BODY></HTML>