[Bell Historians] Mancroft

Wed Feb 13 23:38:14 GMT 2002

Yes, they're definitely correct - Chris Pickford has confirmed them with
Taylor's.

David

Michael Wilby wrote:
> 
> Thow's book supplied a set of weights supposed to be the bells on
> their arrival at Taylors "for simpson (!) tuning". Jim Hedgcock has
> also supplied me with a set of "pre-tuning" figures. Admittedly, I
> haven't seen the evidence first hand...
> 
> From Jim:
> 
> Mancroft pre-tuning weights:
> 
> 1) 6 2 24
> 2) 6 1 20
> 3) 6 2 23
> 4) 7 2 26
> 5) 8 3 24
> 6) 9 2 13,
> f6) 10 0 0
> 7) 11 1 24,
> 8) 14 0 10,
> 9) 19 1 4,
> 10) 21 2 20,
> 11) 28 1 15,
> 12) 40 2 21.
> 
> Michael.
> 
> 
> 
> --- David Bryant <djb122 at y...> wrote:
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> <tt>
> Were Mancroft bells tuned when Taylor's rehung them in 1925? There
> seems<BR>
> to be some uncertainty over this - looking at the before and after<BR>
> 
> weights seems to suggest that some (particularly the tenor) were,
> but<BR>
> some were not (not enough off to acocunt for canons and tuning).
> Anyone<BR>
> inspected them?<BR>
> <BR>
> David<BR>
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