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From a very hasty check, Mirfield seems to have been the fourth
complete Taylor ten. The others were Newark (1842), Bradford (1846),
Dunham Massey (1854) - then Mirfield (1869). But the Grimthorpe
twelve at Worcester (1869) also needs to be considered in this
chronology. The next was Hampstead (1872), then Manchester Town Hall
(1877) and Edinburgh Cathedral (1879). <br>
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Generally, Taylors were casting some very interesting-sounding bells
in the 1840s, 50s and 60s - including marvels like Kingweston and
the tenor at Bridgwater - but were knocked off course (as some see
it - with the benefit of hindsight) by the influence of Lord G. I'd
suggest that any assessment of Mirfield needs to take account of the
change brought about in casting scale, thickness and tonal quality
arising from Grimthorpe's dogmas. I can't comment on Mirfield as I
haven't heard them, but date-wise they sit in a developmental period
in the Taylor <i>oeuvre</i>. Certainly Taylor bells of the 1870s
have characteristics that are markedly different from the work of up
to, say, 1865. <br>
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A hasty and subjective commentary, I accept!<br>
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CJP<br>
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