[Bell Historians] Flat-topped bells

[David Bryant]

I'm not really that familiar with his work, other than that much of it
sounds awful! Any further info would be of interest.

David

Mr J Greenhough wrote:
> 
> well, of course there's James Harrison of Barton: loads of flat-tops
> dating back to early 1800s.
> 
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, David Bryant wrote:
> 
> > I'm looking for early examples of flat topped bells (i.e. those cast
> > without canons). In happened on vatious occasions as a result of
> metal
> > running short or the canons being defective (e.g. Exeter Cathedral
> 9th),
> > but I'm looking for the earliest bells deliberately cast
> flat-topped.
> > Jennings, in his history of the Taylor foundry, states that a
> > flat-topped Taylor bell was exhibited at the Great Exhibition. The
> two
> > bells exhibited are now at Scarborough, and in the York Minster SCR
> > archives we have a picture of the tenor being removed prior to its
> last
> > rehang - and it has canons. It is of course possible that the other
> bell
> > (3/10) had a flat top, but it seems more likely that if either did
> it
> > would be the larger one - anyone any further info on these bells?
> >
> > The earliest authenticated example I have is the 1852 Taylor tenor
> at
> > Leighton, Powys, which John Eisel tells me was cast flat-topped. In
> the
> > 1860s-80s Taylor's freqently cast the two tenors of a ring
> flat-topped,
> > with the rest having canons (St Paul's have canons on 1-8, flat tops
> on
> > 9-12). They continued this until the early 1890s, when they began
> > casting all bells flat topped, probably as a result of the
> introduction
> > of the cast iron headstock.
> >
> > I'm currently researhcing for an article on the development and
> ultimate
> > demise of canons and their various derivatives (button top,
> Doncaster
> > Head, etc) - I'll stick a draft on my website when it reaches a
> > reasonably complete stage.
> >
> > David
> >
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