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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I have just completed an analysis of three G&J carillons which shows a significant and unexpected variation in the frequencies of the forks they were using in the 1920s and 1930s. You can read all about it at <a href="https://www.hibberts.co.uk/gillett-johnston-tuning-forks/">https://www.hibberts.co.uk/gillett-johnston-tuning-forks/</a> . This may not be a new discovery, Scott Allan Orr told me about it last year and he believes that Eijsbouts have done work on it, no doubt in connection with work on Gillet & Johnston carillons. I am about to extend the analysis to cover some change-ringing peals as well, to see if they show the same effect. I’ve just asked for the relevant figures for Coventry and Croydon Minster from the G&J books.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In a posting to Bell Historians on 15 June 2004, Andrew Higson said that the G&J forks were then at Loughborough. Has anyone measured them in the intervening years? I am planning to contact Taylors to see if the forks are still there, and ask permission to make exact measurements of them all. It would also be very interesting to know if anyone is aware of the provenance of the forks, i.e. who they were manufactured by and when. I don’t want to repeat work on this that has already been done!<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><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>