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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#1E66AE" vlink="#1E66AE"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It would not surprise me if the Greymouth bell was at St Patricks cathedral there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>When I was in NZ in 2005 I noted, as seen through my binoculars:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Large bell, 6 decorated canons, Highly decorated, on the waist a panel with Maria.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Having seen Causard bell photos (in the Taylor archives) highly decorated can be an understatement!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>G<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Pickford<br><b>Sent:</b> 26 June 2011 14:55<br><b>To:</b> bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] Belgian bells<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Thanks to a Belgian contact, I have managed to find out about the four bells in the earthquake-damaged RC cathedral at Christchurch, New Zealand. Basically, the four bells were cast by A. Causard at Tellin, Belgium, in 1904. The great bell weighs 2100kg (41 cwt) and the total weight of the peal is 3660kgs (72 cwt). There is a fact-sheet about the bells on the Cathedral website at </span><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/dox/earthquake/Catholic%20Cathedral%20-%20Bells%20Factsheet.pdf</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> and a photograph of the four bells before their installation too - on </span><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.chch.catholic.org.nz/?sid=207</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>. The fact-sheet also says (I quote) "</span><span lang=EN-GB>The Cathedral peal comprises the Great Bell, the Gloria Bell, the Altiora Bell and the De Profundis Bell. Re sharp, Sol sharp, La sharp and Do. The combination of the bells give the harmonies of Major 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th".</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> Apparently the suppliers advised that the bells should be hung as a swinging peal. The cathedral architect, however, insisted that the bells were fixed and not swung.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> To follow up on Michael White's recent query in the RW, I have sent a letter to pass on this information<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> Of more general interest to bell historians, though, is the additional information in the Causard catalogues that the firm also cast a bell of 950kg (18.5 cwt) for Greymouth, New Zealand, at about the same date (the catalogue only says "since 1895" and the publication date was around 1914)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> Causard also claimed to have supplied three bells for <strong><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Manchester</span></strong>. the biggest 600kg (11.75 cwt) during the same period<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> Another Belgian founder, O. Michael (successor to A. Beullens of Louvain) published a catalogue mentioning two bells his firm had supplied for London, one of 1300kg (25 cwt) for M. Moore, and another or 200kg (4 cwt) for > Stephen Lech <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> A few unusual bells to try and locate!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Chris Pickford<br>4 Walmsley Court, High Street, Kinver, DY7 6HG<br>Tel: 01384 878435 or (mobile) 07811 453525<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:c.j.pickford@JBD6GfJQd0BBvG_8MeCwUxotr7PUZYOB36GAU-KaKkwy11pEINRqVzCLT6CumsgJVo2cNm7L3b9QUC4.yahoo.invalidom">c.j.pickford@CqyiB_8vd8ryE5pl2d4Q3Cx_3ZNQwfJ0P-_NBvTYOThcegputa4f5aNMrLJ4QKMOxwN-IEtVUiEKt-lhBHrl424.yahoo.invalid</a> or (interchangeably) <a href="mailto:c.j.pickford.t21@LDzzzNtkdWAgk3Z5AOsI3Ps77qycckbLLfYXcPh4ofhSPAeymRGqdIL5NcywtYeeRkcPHKurDQSZN3Zmr4VY3mZP.yahoo.invalid">c.j.pickford.t21@cIKNoLzX6ge_EIYYVMRCb5O1Svzb3G8zc-bV0n1Q8psBAdNHAG8z65eoBdRv2mqBd04Lfuvpzw2O_TRirJ64Lgb45LNVPBVx.yahoo.invalid</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div>
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