[Bell Historians] Heavy Threes

[Susan Dalton]

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>From: "David Bryant" <david at b...>
>To: <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Heavy Threes
>Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2003, 1:43 pm
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>> St John's Eastbourne: We rang there in October 1969 and did indeed have to
>> make holes in the floor. There were 3 low side pits only and there was
>> certainly not enough space for another 5 pits. The bells were
> flange-topped.
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> Were the fittings standard Taylor cast iron stocks, Hastings stays, plain
> bearings, etc, as you would expect of Taylor's in 1911? EXACTLY SO
>
>> Highnam: The bells, 3-bell frame and fittings, are all Mears 1850 except
>> that the bearings were renewed by the same firm in the 1890s. I question
>> whether the tower is unsafe; the frame was not too bad either but was
> wedged
>> into the tower at head level. The fittings were not in bad shape in 1981
>> when I remember mending the treble wheel. The tenor had at least one loose
>> gudgeon I also remember. The weights and notes are:
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> Wasn't there talk of installing a lighter ring of six there a few years ago?
IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO NOW AND THE PROPOSAL WAS FOR A LIGHT RING OF 8.
NOTHING EVER CAME OF IT, THANKFULLY. THERE WOULD BE SPACE TO HAVE A DECENT
8, WORTHY OF THIS MARVELLOUS CHURCH, IN A TWO-TIER FRAME AND USING THE
EXISTING SECOND AND TENOR AS 6TH AND TENOR OF 8.

CD
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