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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Unfortunately, in their Tuning Books, no mention is
made to any clapper control mechanism.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>AAJB</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 18, 2011 1:36
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] More Useless
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<DIV>Following my useless info question at Christmas about diagonal bell
frames, I come up with another for Easter!<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Gillett & Johnstons'
clapper control mechanism (patent no 30114) is fitted to and in working order
in the Tenor at Christchurch Bradford on Avon (G&J 1923). Whilst I know of
some other examples (Houghton le Spring bells 1/8 and 2/8 (working),
</FONT>Southampton St Michael 10/10 (disused in arms pit under bell) and
Preshute 6/6 (disused, missing gravity toggles from arms)), my question is
this this: how many other examples of this G&J mechanism are there in
bells up and down the country and were they only ever fitted to G&J cast
bell or did they sometimes put them in bells by other founders which they had
rehung?<BR><BR>David<BR><BR>P.S. DON'T enter into how it works, I seam to
remember a LONG and heated discussion about that a few years back!<BR></DIV>
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