[Bell Historians] Belmont/Thornborough (again!)

[Alan J.Birney]

I will contact Fr. Cawley off list.
I would agree with David that the Hale back six are very fair.
The Merseyside squad did a good job in retuning the ex Hale bells.
I don't recall Ingleton being too bad either years ago (and they 
have not been tuned) and still hang with full ringing fittings.
One thing that would be interesting to know is if NV changed the 
profiles for their bells during the timescale they were casting bells.
Dare I suggest that some sets of steel bells would have been very 
acceptable when first supplied?

Alan




--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Cawley" <dave at d...> 
wrote:
> Re Thornborough. Eayre & Smith rehung the bells in all new fittings 
in a cast-iron frame. Before that they hung with the NV fittings in a 
4 bell frame adapted for 5. They were certainly shot-blasted to 
remove rust & muck, then painted black with "Waxoyl"; they were not 
tuned; and as far as I remember they retain their flange heads. So 
the original weight - as I say quoted from their original legtters 
and invoice - can stand, unless anyone knows better. It is a good job.
> 
> Re Belmont - well, I would much like to see these, perhaps AB would 
contact me off this site. I must modestly decline MC's claim that I 
gave him those diameters as I don't have them, and have not 
corresponded with anyone about Belmont in my life until this.
> 
> As to tuning steel bells, I think the only ones seriously to have 
had this attempted were the ex-Bootle ring now at Hale. At Bootle, 
they were described as 'notorious' but the recording I heard of the 
Hale bells was very fair.
> 
> DLC