My earlier postings

[a_m_bull]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Susan & Christopher Dalton" 
<dalton.family at v...> wrote:

> Could somebody who knows St John's Cardiff please confirm, or 
otherwise,
> that the frame is high-sided and - like Peterborough Cathedral - a 
mixture
> of A and H castings?
> 
> C D

Yes. The previous octave were rehung in 1889 by Taylors in a high-
sided A-frame, with wooden beams top and bottom. When a tenor and 
treble were added in 1893, a cast-iron H-pattern side member was 
added for the tenor. The treble was hung above on a pair of wooden 
beams. This frame was (unfortunately) retained in the 1999 re-hang.

Andrew Bull