[Bell Historians] Spurious Dove "exact" tenor weights

[David Cawley]

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David, you are too modest :-) It's quite a good photo =
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Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Spurious Dove "exact" tenor weights


"Assuming a bell of usual thickness and profile, around 17=BD cwt, but I
could be more certain if you could tell us who cast it (assuming I
have comparative details of other bells by that founder, to calculate
the likely thickness constant). It's certainly not going to be
anything like 19-3-14; it would take a Grimthorpe bell or a long-
waisted, thick medieaval bell to be that weight at 46=BD inches in E."

It's by John Pennington (of Exeter ?), 1626. I attach a (not very good!)
photo - as you will see, it's quite short waisted. It's also a
nasty-sounding old bucket, but that's beside the point!

David






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