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<DIV><SPAN class=046373214-09052012><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>How common were the toe straps one
can see on the floor? I guess the <BR>related question is how common was
overpulling :-)<BR>Thanks for any information.<BR>Laura Dickerson</FONT><BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=046373214-09052012><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have
only ever seen one "toe strap" of the type shown. I would be inclined to
call it a foot strap, as it was clearly intended to fit over a shoe. It
was for the ringer of the tenor at Durham Cathedral, before the bells were
rehung and augmented from eight to ten in the 1980. I think it was
probably removed then. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=046373214-09052012><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Presumably it was considered a useful accessory for the ringer of a heavy
bell, but I don't recall anyone using it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=046373214-09052012><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Peter
Rivet</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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