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The date of the ringing frame on Dove is 1920</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> on behalf of John Harrison <john@jaharrison.me.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 25 March 2020 12:17<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Bell Historians Mailing List' <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Auckland</font>
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<div class="PlainText">In article <003201d60299$e272bb30$a7583190$@thekloof.co.uk>,<br>
David Kelly <david@thekloof.co.uk> 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">http://jaharrison.me.uk</a><br>
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