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<p>The link from the photo provided by Bill states G&J were paid
£200 for the bell work in the 1890's (& carried out work re
the clock etc.)<br>
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<p><a
href="https://tetburychurch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Have-you-heard-the-bells.pdf">Have-you-heard-the-bells.pdf
(tetburychurch.co.uk)</a></p>
<p>Were they machine tuning bells then?<br>
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<p>Ken<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/02/2022 07:25,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bill@hibberts.co.uk">bill@hibberts.co.uk</a> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These bells are described in Church Bells
of Gloucestershire as ‘seven largest bells maiden bells,
treble with skirting’, and the back 7 (Rudhall 1722) are
marked as historically important, presumably because they are
maiden. I was looking at the nominal figures of these bells as
part of a project I am doing, and wonder whether in fact the
back 7 have been tuned.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Arguments in favour of tuning are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">The back 7
nominal frequencies are correct to within 3.5 cents of a
temperament favoured by Taylors from the 1890s on<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">The bells
hang in a frame which is probably Taylors 1891<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">The bell in
this photograph <a
href="https://tetburychurch.co.uk/have-you-heard-the-church-bells-yet-this-year-or-the-church-clock-striking-out-the-passing-of-time/"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://tetburychurch.co.uk/have-you-heard-the-church-bells-yet-this-year-or-the-church-clock-striking-out-the-passing-of-time/</a>
may have a band of tuning just below the clapper scar<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Arguments against tuning are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">The treble
is stretched by 35 cents (but perhaps wasn’t tuned if it had
previously been skirted?)<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoListParagraph"
style="margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">The
information in CBOG, arising from a visit on 20/8/1979 by
Mary Bliss and AJC (Tony Cox?).<o:p></o:p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think the bells weren’t tuned when worked
on by Taylors in 1965, as the tuning marks would have been
relatively fresh in 1979.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have any better knowledge of
this?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bill H<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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