[Bell Historians] canons etc

[David Cawley]

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You will find that a good number of European founders cast bells with canon=
s as a matter of course; and they also cast bells without them. Many quite =
modern carillon installations have all but the smallest bells cast with can=
ons. Looking at Cornille-Havard's little brochure and comparing it with 198=
0's ones by P&F, Royal Eijsbouts and Paccard, there is plenty of evidence f=
or the continued use of canons, which are used as an element in determining=
the hang of the bell. In its turn this affects the mode of clappering - wh=
at we call "right side" (right in the sense of correct) is by no means Euro=
pean policy, bells being frequently hung with a deliberate 'falling' clappe=
r. It would be quite possible to achieve this with a thick pad between a fl=
at crown and the headstock, but it seems that there is a preference from bo=
th customers and founders for the provision of canons. One has to remember =
too that all these founders produce their bells by making a full-scale clay=
model, complete with decoration and canons if required, built on top of th=
e core, and the cope takes up all this detail. The clay bell is only broken=
out after everything has been dried, leaving the space to cast the bell wi=
th or without canons. All the more credit therefore to English bellfounder=
s, who can produce superbly decorated and tonally superior bells in the way=
familiar to us all - without canons as a rule but with one sort or another=
when required.

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From: Alan J.Birney=20
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com=20
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 3:37 PM
Subject: [Bell Historians] canons etc


I am fascinated by the thread on canons and canon retaining=20
headstocks and I am sorry that I dont have more to offer, but a=20
couple of posts got me thinking.
On most of (if not all) the Italian bells (including modern bells)I=20
have seen via the internet, canons are present.
Are these for decoration, or is there some advantage to having them=20
that we are missing?
And what of button top (or flange top bells)- what was the purpose=20
of these?

Alan


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