[Bell Historians] bell shapes

[David Cawley]

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David makes the point well,and with the lighter bells of a chime, it is vit=
al also that they are not too heavy. For a good comparison of two excellent=
sets of bells look at Dickon's London pages and compare the diatonic 12 in=
C at All Hallows with the twelve at Bow.
Reverting to shapes, if you compare the light Mears & Stainbank chime of si=
xteen at Lee (see Dickon's Kent pages) with the light bells in the All Hal=
lows Taylor chime, you will observe a marked profile difference.
Coventry is an example of a "long" G&J tenor (once part of a chime but inte=
nded to be quite suitable as a ringing bell) - and what a sound !
In the end, I suppose it comes down to, "You pays your money and you takes =
your choice".

DLC
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> Could someone please explain to me why bells hung for ringing and
> chiming bells having the same/nearly the same note, can be so
> dramatically different in shape? I have in mind Liverpool Cathedral's
> tenor at St. Helens Carillon bass bell. I assume that it may have
> something to do with the dynamics in making a ringing bell easier to
> handle and clapper correctly.

Surely the case you quote is because the bells are by different founders,
rather than because one is a ringing and one is a chiming bell. Obviously=
,
the front end of a ring is heavier than that of a chime to make the trebl=
es
powerful enough, but I hadn't noticed any difference in profile in the
majoroty of cases. However, I believe Gilletts sometimes cast the tenor o=
f a
chime rather long-waisted. Don't know why. The tenor at St Wilfrid's in
York, formerly the tenor of a chime, is one of these and it causes proble=
ms
with the timing of this bell (i.e. it's very slow) in relation to the
others.

Taylor's, at least (not sure about WBF and G&J) have sometimes cast trebl=
es
of higher number rings longer in the waist, presumably to add weight.

David


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