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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/09/2017 11:19, 'Chris Pickford'
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"><o></o>So
the 18 cwt in Thatcham’s case is, surely, just an
approximate value (not an exact weight). If you look
at tenor weights (where the bells then and now are the
same) in old editions of Dove, you’ll quickly see how
approximate weights were seldom other than greatly in
excess of the subsequently discovered actual weight (a
striking instance is Church Honeybourne, reputed
19.75cwt, actual 12-1-0). Edington priory was one
exception (estimated 23 cwt, and actually heavier at
25-0-6 before tuning etc – now 24-0-24). </span></p>
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<br>
Another example of a new weight greater than previously is Bremhill,
Wilts tenor.<br>
Reputed 18.3.19 in CBW by Walters 1929 (source of the weights not
known to me). Although the bells were rehung in a new frame in 1913
it appears the larger ones were not removed from the tower after the
work to the tower in 1864 (sound chamber floor hole too small).<br>
Actual 19.1.11 in 2011 before tuning, 17.2.5 in 2011 after tuning
& removal of cast in staple - both weights from Whitechapel.
(The 5th was reputed to be 14.0.0 & was actually 14.0.4 before
tuning per Whitechapel 2001.) <br>
Regards<br>
Ken<br>
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