[Bell Historians] Re: Obscure questions of the week

[DJ Bryant]

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, George Dawson wrote:

> St Marys Nottingham tenor is on a box section h/s, the rest of the G&J
> bells are on the usual web section h/s's. Early G&J work used Taylor style
> box section h/s's throughout, eg Foxton Leics of 1911 & Mountsorrell also
> of 1911.

Carisbrooke and Newport Pagnell are other
examples which spring to mind. I've heard a story that Taylor's claimed
they had a copyright on the design and would sue Gilletts unless they
stopped using them, and Gilletts backed down and started using the
web-section stocks instead. Anyone know whether this is true?

David