[Bell Historians] G&J in 1951

[DJ Bryant]

They did their own hanging work right up until they abandoned bell work.
It was just the casting which was latterly contracted out to Taylors. I
expect the Port Sunlight bells have their usual web-section stocks.

David

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Mark Humphreys wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> G&J did some work on Port Sunlight bells in 1951 (they are 1904 Mears bells), including retuning and rehanging. Were they doing all of this work themselves at the time? I'm no headstock expert, but they are pretty hefty for the weight of tenor (14-1-25) - what is the background to this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
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