<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Yes, in 2005 at Settle when during the ringing prior to the re-dedication service the lower half of the 4th parted company with its upper half.</DIV>
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<DIV>Peter ...<BR><BR>--- On <B>Thu, 2/6/11, John Harrison <I><john@jaharrison.me.uk></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: John Harrison <john@w2L-leAxs-DROLuLTZxw8NqDva0fu1z8E8A-1iyPi2PkXKkCkPtbREPgDakOusfkNkbILaEZl5ARGMM.yahoo.invalid><BR>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] dangerous bells<BR>To: bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR>Date: Thursday, 2 June, 2011, 17:29<BR><BR>
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<DIV><BR>> ... to tune them would render them dangerous."<BR><BR>> ... Does it mean that retuning would remove so much metal that the <BR>> bells would be likely to crack, fall from the fittings, ...<BR><BR>That's what I would assume. It happened not many years ago.<BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR>-- <BR>John Harrison<BR>Website <A href="http://jaharrison.me.uk/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://jaharrison.me.uk</A><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>