Coventry (was William Wooding Starmer)

[Dickon Love]

Bill H (on 1st April)
> I felt very much for A. A. Hughes during the court hearing. He 
> states very robustly, in writing, that the bells were of high 
> quality for their date, but at the same time must have been beset 
by 
> Taylors and Gilletts taking his market by producing true-harmonic 
> bells. He eventually admitted in court that were he to cast such 
> bells now he would cast them with octave hums.
> 
> As I said, I now have the nominals of the bells. I don't suppose 
> Gilletts measured the partials before consigning them to 'their 
> fiery ordeal'? Is there any way of finding out?

Just come back from Croydon Library. I'll put the photocopies from 
the tuning books in the post, but as a preview:

Coventry, St Michael. Peal tested May 6th. 1926
10th 157 277 341 449 558
9th 168 312 376 492 616
8th 185 352 424 534 695
7th 194 375 451 558 740
6th 235 395 508 660 842
5th 256 443 560 743 928
4th 280 481 624 844 1044
3rd 287 508 664 856 1114
2nd 330 544 744 972 1244
Treb 364 614 824 1104 1376

Over to you Bill.

DrL