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The second hyphon was a typographical error on my part ...apologies.<BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Slight errors here. The use of a – is to indicate where the inscription band is. The 5 places indicated by Richard are correct, but he should have written:<O></O></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>3,2-2,3<SPAN style="COLOR: red">,</SPAN>2. not 3,2-2,3<SPAN style="COLOR: red">-</SPAN>2.<BR>
There are further modifications to indicate the use of broad bands and large raised wires as found on medieval bells, but I will not bore the audience.<O></O></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Carl Scott Zimmerman<BR>
<B>Sent:</B> 17 January 2011 22:15<BR>
<B>To:</B> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians] Moulding wires - pattern encoding<O></O></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P>Thanks, Richard.<BR>
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This descriptive method seems to need place holders for instances <BR>
where no moulding wires are present. Thus bells made during the last <BR>
30+ years of the Henry Stuckstede Bell Foundry Co. might be described <BR>
as 0,0,1-0. Or would 0,,1-0 suffice?<BR>
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Does this method apply to all (or most) British-made bells of the <BR>
past century or two? I ask because it would not apply to the work of <BR>
several 19th-c. American bellfounders, for various reasons other than <BR>
a total absence of moulding wires. (Sorry, I don't have any <BR>
illustrations online yet.)<BR>
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At 05:52 +0800 2011/01/12, Richard Offen wrote:<BR>
<B>></B>The description starts at the crown of the bell, so 3,2-3,3-2 would <BR>
<B>></B>indicate three wires on the crown of the bell, two above the <BR>
<B>></B>inscription band and three below, three where the sound bow begins <BR>
<B>></B>to curve out and two at the lip.<BR>
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<B>></B>There are infinite variations on this, for instance the usual <BR>
<B>></B>configuration on a modern Whitechapel bell is 3,2-2,3-2.<BR>
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<B>></B>Hope this helps.<BR>
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