<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp34aabd6cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The "peculiar" aspect is not the roller bearings but the rotary yoke. This was a feature that allowed the bell to be rotated on its axis so as to present a fresh striking surface to the clapper, thus improving the sound of the bell after it (and the clapper) had been worn flat by heavy use. In all cases that rotation could be accomplished in the belfry by simply loosening the mounting bolt(s) of the bell.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">American bellfounders patented several different mechanisms for accomplishing this, and each one implicitly touted their own method as being superior to all the rest. The earliest version was canon-retaining, but later versions worked with flat-topped bells or with conical-neck bells (of which McShane is an example).</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I've just added to my work list, "Make <span>a photo page illustrating the different types of rotary yokes."</span><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp34aabd6csignature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;">Carl Scott Zimmerman, Campanologist <br>Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -<br> - 19th c. home of at least 37 bell founders or resellers <br>Tel. +1-314-821-8437 <br>Webmaster for www.TowerBells.org<br> * Avocation: tower bells<br> * Recreation: handbells<br><div> * Mission: church bells</div><div><span class="ydpb3b8dea8pasted-link"><span class="ydp73140da6pasted-link">Webmaster for www.TSCChapter134.org</span></span></div><div dir="ltr">Treasurer, World Carillon Federation<br></div></div></div></div>
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On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 04:52:34 AM CST, John Harrison <john@jaharrison.me.uk> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">In article <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:E1ravMW-00BAf1-3j@mailhub-hex-d.mythic-beasts.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">E1ravMW-00BAf1-3j@mailhub-hex-d.mythic-beasts.com</a>>,<br clear="none"> Dickon Benoñski-Love <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:dickon@lovesguide.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dickon@lovesguide.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> It is provided with a rotary yoke on roller bearings, a mode of<br clear="none">> carriage peculiar to American bells, rendering their ringing remarkably<br clear="none">> easy<br clear="none"><br clear="none">That sounds like a description of what we would call standard for a full<br clear="none">circle bell - hardly peculiar to American bells - though at that date<br clear="none">plain bearings would have been more likely. Or am I missing something?<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">John Harrison<br clear="none">Website <a shape="rect" href="http://jaharrison.me.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://jaharrison.me.uk</a><br clear="none">Using 4té and ARMX6, both running RISC OS<div class="ydpd8c31e5dyqt1040067846" id="ydpd8c31e5dyqtfd58296"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Bell-historians mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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