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<DIV><SPAN class=031514721-02062011><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>But
that was a matter of overenthusiastic tuning of a not very good
bell...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=031514721-02062011><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Peter Kirby<BR><B>Sent:</B> 02 June 2011 21:38<BR><B>To:</B>
bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians]
dangerous bells<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none"> </SPAN>
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<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@HQ5Lmj3MF3EFfmKKhMUUY2BMJbqwTMfIeGnCqOCAcgIV74BZh9bUayY8sW1Ec1jLbBB5IFn7LpqvejQy8OY.yahoo.invalid></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From:
John Harrison <john@HQ5Lmj3MF3EFfmKKhMUUY2BMJbqwTMfIeGnCqOCAcgIV74BZh9bUayY8sW1Ec1jLbBB5IFn7LpqvejQy8OY.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/" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>http://jaharrison.me.uk</A><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P></DIV><!-- end group email --></BODY></HTML>