[Bell Historians] 19th century bells

[D Cawley]

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Which makes one think (the bells, not the climate or the Shag). Bill H sa=
ys that he liked the old Trafalgar Square 12 as a casual visitor but possib=
ly not as one who had to ring on them every week. Most of us would probabl=
y agree with that ! Let's face it, the main reason why they went is becau=
se it was essential to have a new frame and all new fittings and not enough=
homework was done on the possibilities of the bells which had already rece=
ived rather 'basic' treatment by Mears in the 1920's. I heard them in the=
foundry after the more recent tuning and was amazed at the result achieved=
: real skill there.

Re Bill's thing on German: try Alan Blair in Julich, Germany (RW will have =
his address).

DLC
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Michael Wilby=20
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com=20
Sent: 21 August 2002 09:37
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] 19th century bells


> The amazing thing about Swan is that these are the
> very bells which were alienated from their original
> and historic home amongst other reasons that they
> were a poor example of their founder's (Rudhall's)
> work and that tuning would produce no significant
> improvement !
>=20

Yes, funny, that. Still, Westminster's loss is
Perth's very significant gain. I wouldn't like to
draw comparisons between the two rings, but I know
which I prefer. Though perhaps that also has
something to do with the climate and close proximity
of the "Lucky Shag" pub.

MPAW.

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