<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Newport, Kentucky, USA - see <a href="http://www.towerbells.org/data/NAOtherGreatBells.html">www.towerbells.org/data/NAOtherGreatBells.html</a><br><br>But I could just as well have given the great bell of Gotenba City, Japan, as an example of a successful un-tuned modern bell.<br><br>One further point - the claim of "heaviest bell in Europe" might not hold up once the exact weight is known. "23 tonnes" could be rounded from almost anything between 50400 lbs and 52600 lbs. But Great Peter of Cologne Cathedral is reported to be over 53000 lbs (though admittedly there are other reports of both greater and lesser weight). It would be nice to have some authoritative information, no matter how well-informed various third-hand sources might be. <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br><br></span>Carl <br><br><br>One assumes all will be revealed either at or after today's opening ceremony.<br><br>R<br><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Sent from Richard Offen's iPad</span><br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);"><br></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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