Mirfield

[Bill Hibbert <bill@h...>]

Andrew Aspland:

> They are a complete Taylor ten cast in 1869.
> As originally cast the treble was nearly a
> semitone sharp ... 

There is nothing wrong with a bit of stretch, of course, in old style 
bells, and half a semitone is very moderate. It _was_ done for a 
reason.

> ... but this has now been corrected.

I've not had the opportunity to ring at Mirfield. Do the bells sound 
better or worse after retuning? :-)

Bill H