<div dir="ltr">As far as I can see we have NO frame info in <i>Dove</i>.<div><br></div><div>John</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 12:21, Mike Chester <<a href="mailto:mikechester@hotmail.com">mikechester@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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The date of the ringing frame on Dove is 1920</div>
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<div id="gmail-m_-532171100919513068divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Bell-historians <<a href="mailto:bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" target="_blank">bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a>> on behalf of John Harrison <<a href="mailto:john@jaharrison.me.uk" target="_blank">john@jaharrison.me.uk</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 25 March 2020 12:17<br>
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<div>In article <003201d60299$e272bb30$a7583190$@<a href="http://thekloof.co.uk" target="_blank">thekloof.co.uk</a>>,<br>
David Kelly <<a href="mailto:david@thekloof.co.uk" target="_blank">david@thekloof.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> If however the bells were installed as a chime at Inverary before being<br>
> converted to a ring then we could look in more detail to see if it<br>
> should be included.<br>
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I just checked what it says in the booklet of the tower history. After the<br>
bells arrived in 1921:<br>
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The bells were then set up in their steel frame in the slatted<br>
'cloichteach' at the east gable of the church and in December 25th 1921<br>
they were chimed for the first time ... For the next ten years the bells<br>
remained in their 'cloichteach' where they were chimed almost daily ...'.<br>
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There is no mention of 'their frame' being a special one designed for<br>
chiming, and in the later description of the completion of the tower and<br>
installation of the bells I can find no mention of a separate frame being<br>
delivered.<br>
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So it seems reasonable to assume that the temporary installation at the<br>
east end of the church consisted of the bells hung as they would be in<br>
their eventual frame, ie in bearings for full circle ringing but maybe<br>
without all fittings. <br>
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The booklet doesn't say how they were chimed. Maybe ropes were attached to<br>
the clappers. Maybe they were swing chimed (in which case the wheels might<br>
have been fitted). There is no mention of any special chiming mechanism<br>
being installed or used.<br>
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>From this I would say they were not 'hung as a chime', but hung as a ring<br>
(maybe with incomplete fittings) and only chimed.<br>
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-- <br>
John Harrison<br>
Website <a href="http://jaharrison.me.uk" target="_blank">http://jaharrison.me.uk</a><br>
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