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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The bells for sale are not from High Beech,
although I haven't seen them since 2001, the sizes don't tally and the High
Beech bells are hung horizontally in a five bar gate frame.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The currrent bid is far below the scrap value, the
largest gong is probably 4-5 cwt. Bidding ends today!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>DS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 08, 2011 8:55
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians]
hemispherical bells for sale on ebay</DIV>
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wrote: <BR>> From my list of hemispehrical bells - as complete as I can
make it - I<BR>> only know of three sets by M&S dated 1873. These are
Galashiels (3),<BR>> High Beech (13) and Keble College Oxford (3). The
former chime of 11<BR>> at St.Mark's, Victoria Park, London E, may have
been dated 1873 too -<BR>> but were installed in 1874<BR><BR>> Some were
supplied direct by the founders, but quite a lot of sets of<BR>>
hemisphericals were supplied through clockmakers - Thwaites &
Reed,<BR>> bensons and Blockleys in particular.<BR><BR>> So, I can't
offer any enlightenment on this set, but I'd certainly be<BR>> keen to know
if their provenance can be established. Also, are they a<BR>> clock chime
or a running five? In the meantime they've been added to the<BR>> list as
"unknown"<BR><BR>I looked at other items from the same seller 's other items.
Of the other<BR>6 items currently on offer, 5 are clock related. Is that
significant? <BR><BR>The other item is reclaimed slates. Last month he sold
spare parts for an<BR>Audi and a Volvo. No details of the 5 previous sales
(back to 2005).<BR><BR>Regards<BR><BR>-- <BR>John Harrison<BR>Website <A
href="http://jaharrison.me.uk">http://jaharrison.me.uk</A><BR></P></DIV><!-- end group email --></BODY></HTML>