<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Which World Peace Bell do you mean. There seem to be loads of them!<br><br>Sent from Richard Offen's iPad</div><div><br>On 26/07/2012, at 8:59 PM, Carl S Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:csz_stl@IpUzNuSV23ZGk8BgCUkubbVqvnRAdZmllUVS12pvBjASYPH60jkLdX4obO6dGUsMCHnzo3H9b71wHPc.yahoo.invalid">csz_stl@IpUzNuSV23ZGk8BgCUkubbVqvnRAdZmllUVS12pvBjASYPH60jkLdX4obO6dGUsMCHnzo3H9b71wHPc.yahoo.invalid</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">So the great bourdon of Riverside Church NYC has lost one of its claims to fame. In view of the tuning history of that bell, together with the success of (for example) the World Peace Bell, I wonder what prompted the tuning of the Olympic bell. Surely there was some additional expense and risk involved in doing that.<br><br>Carl <br><br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 7/26/12, Richard Offen <i><<a href="mailto:richard.offen@KPqtZEswQxMd1eG-cIxW5qzUMWa-PmQyNzMgk_2jfJJXlmtko_1rRpQwFpA-qGh91gDP_ZlO9J-u7WGXT2emnA.yahoo.invalid">richard.offen@KPqtZEswQxMd1eG-cIxW5qzUMWa-PmQyNzMgk_2jfJJXlmtko_1rRpQwFpA-qGh91gDP_ZlO9J-u7WGXT2emnA.yahoo.invalid</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);"><br>From: Richard Offen <<a href="mailto:richard.offen@iinet.net.au">richard.offen@KPqtZEswQxMd1eG-cIxW5qzUMWa-PmQyNzMgk_2jfJJXlmtko_1rRpQwFpA-qGh91gDP_ZlO9J-u7WGXT2emnA.yahoo.invalid</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Olympic bell<br>To: "<a href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a>><br>Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 7:32 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1295990815">
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<div>It has been tuned. <br><br>Sent from Richard Offen's iPad</div><div><br>On 26/07/2012, at 8:30 PM, Carl S Zimmerman <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:csz_stl@IpUzNuSV23ZGk8BgCUkubbVqvnRAdZmllUVS12pvBjASYPH60jkLdX4obO6dGUsMCHnzo3H9b71wHPc.yahoo.invalid" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=csz_stl@auoS8QxSVWDcOnSpTJFppX2-zas30dbsfuudAF98y5Jph4nQQ53dvBNazbvKluLfp1TohagOejvzzSXSDNaRBz3f.yahoo.invalid">csz_stl@IpUzNuSV23ZGk8BgCUkubbVqvnRAdZmllUVS12pvBjASYPH60jkLdX4obO6dGUsMCHnzo3H9b71wHPc.yahoo.invalid</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family: inherit;font-style: inherit;font-variant: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-size: inherit;font-size-adjust: inherit;" valign="top">The article cited makes another assertion which may be equally questionable - "largest harmonically tuned bell". Does anyone know whether the Olympic bell is actually tuned? Or is it, like other huge single bells cast in recent years, a maiden?<br><br>Carl <br><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 7/24/12, John Harrison <i><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:john@g-cbsGDeQuhEdj-assQt77T_dissyaSomGPe4RJPUwlfQitcwyR6aZTjRc1uD2uBbDKb-3BzKE2z6uYTpOM.yahoo.invalid" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=john@jaharrison.me.uk">john@g-cbsGDeQuhEdj-assQt77T_dissyaSomGPe4RJPUwlfQitcwyR6aZTjRc1uD2uBbDKb-3BzKE2z6uYTpOM.yahoo.invalid</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);"><br>From: John Harrison <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:john@g-cbsGDeQuhEdj-assQt77T_dissyaSomGPe4RJPUwlfQitcwyR6aZTjRc1uD2uBbDKb-3BzKE2z6uYTpOM.yahoo.invalid" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=john@iKaDXB6uOqYg1eSEmKdtIvNtah_00kylAE6y465R84NW_9kwA4nGWUCEarcGRQYBC1dDLQgzMzRjX58zCd7c6VYn5jaBH79y5xIXKbQX9A.yahoo.invalid">john@jaharrison.me.uk</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Olympic bell<br>To: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a><br>Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 2:58 AM<br><br><div class="yiv1295990815plainMail">...{snip}...<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/334525/Welcome-to-London-s-gong-show-Welcome-to-London-s-gong-show">http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/334525/Welcome-to-London-s-gong-show-Welcome-to-London-s-gong-show</a><br><br><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p>
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