[Bell Historians] Flat Crowns

[Mike Chester]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "jimhedgcock" 
<jameshedgcock at h...> wrote:
> --- 
> Was there any point other than for cosmetic purposes?
> 

I had thought that the reason for the canons/Doncaster heads being 
requested by the Pebworth band was the assumption that all 8, and 
then 10, bells would handle in a similar fashion to the existing 6/8 
bells that already possessed such appendages.

I await correction with trepidation!

Mike