[Bell Historians] heavy tenors

[jimhedgcock]

--- If Redcliffe 11th at 25 1 5 is disproportionally light for C# 
why is the modern (1984) Whitechapel tenor at Cirencester in C# at 
27 1 16 ?

In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Bryant" <david at b...> wrote:
> > Redcliffe 11th. 25 1 5, tenor 50 2 21 Taylor 1903
> 
> The tenor (and other eight Taylor 1903 bells) are correctly 
proportioned to
> each other and are right for their notes. It is the 11th whcih is
> disproportionately light for its note (C#). The other two old 
bells, 8 and
> 10, are also light relative to the others although not as much as 
the 11th
> is.
> 
> > Exeter 11th. 40 3 19, tenor 72 2 2 Taylor 1902
> 
> The 11th is an exceptionally good bell, and the old tenor 
(scrapping weight
> 62-3-0) was recast because it was not considered good enough to 
cover the
> tenor effectively. The cathedral asked for an extra half ton to be 
added to
> make sure it covered effectively. In fact, a modern bell of 63 cwt 
would no
> doubt have sufficed, but the result is very fine nevertheless.
> 
> Don't know about the others - you'd need to look and the founders 
and notes
> in each case, and what the weight was before recasting.
> 
> David