[Bell Historians] Re: Ludlow

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, matthewhigby at a... wrote:
> 
> 
> In a message dated 26/08/2004 14:08:49 GMT Standard Time, 
> andrew_higson at t... writes:
> 
> Whilst on that slightly sore point, after the tenor was welded I 
checked its 
> notes, assuming they may have altered and found they had not. I 
was 
> astonished to find that it had gone up by about 20 cents when the 
bells were pitched 
> for the recent proposals for augmentation. I haven't experienced 
this with 
> any old bells that have been welded.
> 
> 
> I was amazed that a small G&J bell that we rehung recently, 
changed in pitch 
> when the bell was bolted to its stock (with fibre pad between). 
The prime 
> rose around 10Hertz!
> 

That's a well known problem that has been experienced in the past - 
even pitching a small bell with the lathe centre bolt still tight 
during tuning can give spurious results!

R