[Bell Historians] Taylor's 1895

Richard Offen richard.offen at o...
Wed Jul 21 16:31:13 BST 2004


> I second what Richard said - Taylor plain bearings work extremely 
well when
> properly maintained. The problem is that a lot of people don't seem 
to know
> how to maintain them, and put grease in them. I used to look after 
the bells
> at Llangybi, Mon, a Taylor installation of 1902/7. The glorious 
1907 12 cwt
> Taylor tenor used to go well even with just grease and pigeon muck 

I have long been of the opinion that you can't beat pigeon muck as a 
lubricant! It's in plentiful supply in many towers too!

R





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