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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Watford had these on the back bells, before my
time. They were removed as there was to much hum.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The tenor has a horrible clapper set up which
without the toggles and an SG high CG clapper, sounds dreadful, all crashy, when
the bell is more than 80% up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>its likely the arrangement was designed with more
clapper energy than normal, as it would avoid the consequences of heavy
clappering.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>How do other bells perform after the mechanism is
removed?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Do they suffer heavy crashy clapper
performance?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 20, 2011 1:05
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians]
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around the time of strike, I would expect a free mass to move
outwards<BR>under centrifugal force, rather than downwards under gravity.
“<BR><BR>Which I believe is what happens. The toggle is thrown outwards
by centrifugal force as the bell rotates – this allows the clapper to strike
the bell. The clapper bounces but by now the bell has slowed down and is
nearer the vertical. The toggle drops down and as the clapper tries to
return to the bell it is prevented by the toggle – thus allowing the bell to
hum. I have some of the bits at the back of my garage – it seemed
unnecessary to drag another few pounds of metal through a peal so I removed
the defunct mechanism!</DIV></DIV>
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