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<DIV>You may be interested to hear that Arkengarthdale are (hopefully) going to
have some work done. Won’t alter the sound but will make them
easier!</DIV>
<DIV>Andrew</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=alanjbirney@hotmail.co.uk
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 16, 2011 1:02 AM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Re: re short
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<P><BR><BR>--- In <A
href="mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com">mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com</A>,
John David <johnedavid@...> wrote:<BR>><BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> The old bells of St Peter Port, cast by Brocards of Lorraine in 1736
but hung in an English-style frame of uncertain date, had garter holes offset
from top centre of the wheels (bells down) by 13,11,11,11,12,14,14,12, 20" on
wheels varying from 73½ to 90" dia. The rope rollers were in more or less the
standard position, so the handstrokes must have been very short. <BR>> The
garter holes of 2, 6, amd 8 had been moved to 18½, 24, and 24", and the 2 had an
extra hole at 0" <BR>> <BR>> John David<BR>><BR><BR>Wow, those wheels
are whoppers, given the various sizes of the old bells.<BR><BR>At St Mary,
Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, there is a ring of three.<BR><BR>Bells one and
three have garters at "ten past twelve" position and the second has a garter
hole that is a "few minutes past twelve", but it is near
vertical.<BR><BR>Everything is over-engineered, and the bells will go full
circle, but sound really weird, mainly due to the unusual shape and difference
in sizes.<BR><BR>If Arkengarthdale was closer to me, I'd take an active interest
there-the area is a bit of a desert when it comes to ringing
bells.<BR><BR>Alan<BR><BR></P></DIV><!-- end group email --></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>