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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link="#1E66AE" vlink="#1E66AE"><div class=WordSection1><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=ygrp-mlmsg><div id=ygrp-msg><div id=ygrp-text><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 26/07/2012, at 8:59 PM, Carl S Zimmerman <<a href="mailto:csz_stl@swbell.net">csz_stl@sktZhnxexBIcQAXm4HYDMamOvMUjvvEmqsVGssDKxu7TkZrOiq7OIHwvAaZ8wq3HpSBzMDv9QXfNig.yahoo.invalid</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div id=ygrp-text><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>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. <span style='color:red'>Surely there was some additional expense and risk involved in doing that.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>Just depends who is doing the tuning!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:red'>G<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'><br><br></span>Carl <br><br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 7/26/12, Richard Offen <i><<a href="mailto:richard.offen@V-z1uwLa4XuzI5x71abkUqmNZLQQuHrgba6FhtSzaPShw4Jykw_0S9LIax349YJtZqRVu7cq-_InCdyqKChQJRy6CA.yahoo.invalid">richard.offen@iinet.net.au</a>></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>From: Richard Offen <<a href="mailto:richard.offen@HCwyi-l0qblA1_Lf9cuKYMNfBMeyaoiJ_Sdr_3yHOJgqOVChUE3vwcBou1pJu7ZVwJm3jUdCh94FadILUxdA.yahoo.invalid">richard.offen@V-z1uwLa4XuzI5x71abkUqmNZLQQuHrgba6FhtSzaPShw4Jykw_0S9LIax349YJtZqRVu7cq-_InCdyqKChQJRy6CA.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<o:p></o:p></p><div id=yiv1295990815><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>It has been tuned. <br><br>Sent from Richard Offen's iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 26/07/2012, at 8:30 PM, Carl S Zimmerman <<a href="/mc/compose?to=csz_stl@2xmuFy0CSycPMXs0qrog8iKqW2_ziIUPewaFMvDsCwtGccU7aaNJRvK3uO5IwnLh5gF18k1TdvmRVKSjQswkJA1o8iKpo5hKL-mi.yahoo.invalid" target="_blank">csz_stl@2uRSZRqIYN5fbQHBULHlUQmC6cETgWGmzobuf1yyYBSzxuCTWHb9AHDF1nxgCrqM5bbUVN7ikk2k.yahoo.invalid</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div id=yiv1295990815ygrp-text><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>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 href="/mc/compose?to=john@pC5GNaFe6OvA_VXFxQ7S-Aj8-xfVQIlBzCRa8VL-AcT4XmZc0pYNqYKDA3kN1kuWkAY1AiBT4kMTIoA.yahoo.invalid" target="_blank">john@UxRVitQ7Mlr8KHvAK4KIkB5gQaQOx4R2h0z25eV92uH3ZlY4mTBpQOeTnnTgII5q6bz6QDceLLYLQ2AXbQ.yahoo.invalid</a>></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'><br>From: John Harrison <<a href="/mc/compose?to=john@aypqRATTLp8G4fZ_S0fxPh2OJ6F93yXhLFXHi3YS7Gr_Sp_tSm91BRJXV0HwjkKQwbCyTm2Wx6gvFM1Q7-ScPxtRxIIh2vT-LFyf1P-ibA.yahoo.invalid" target="_blank">john@UxRVitQ7Mlr8KHvAK4KIkB5gQaQOx4R2h0z25eV92uH3ZlY4mTBpQOeTnnTgII5q6bz6QDceLLYLQ2AXbQ.yahoo.invalid</a>><br>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Olympic bell<br>To: <a href="/mc/compose?to=bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a><br>Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 2:58 AM<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"inherit","serif"'>...{snip}...<br><br><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/334525/Welcome-to-London-s-gong-show-Welcome-to-London-s-gong-show" target="_blank">http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/334525/Welcome-to-London-s-gong-show-Welcome-to-London-s-gong-show</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div></div></blockquote></div></div></td></tr></table></div></div></blockquote></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>
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