<div style="color:black;font: 10pt arial;">I have told them this. Withycombe tenor is my prime suspect.
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<div>They even offered to weigh Brough tenor to prove the fact, but I pointed out that they had better weigh the others too if they wanted proof!</div>
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<div>Tuning wise - it should hopefully be possible to sharpen the 3rd sufficiently to bring them into a major key, whilst leaving the tenor untuned.</div>
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From: Chris Pickford <c.j.pickford.t21@btinternet.com><br>
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<div class="yiv2984220045MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">“Heaviest ring of four” is a moot point – none of the heavy ones have exact weights (and I don’t think there’s certainly about the weight for East Quantoxhead either). My guess – if the 46.5” diameter at Brough is right – that it will be considerably lighter than supposed.</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2984220045MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">So is the claim really a sufficient argument against augmentation?</span></div>
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<div class="yiv2984220045MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="">Chris Pickford</span></i></b></div>
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<div class="yiv2984220045MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;">E-mail</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;"> pickford5040@gmail.com </span></div>
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