[Bell Historians] Re: Bell pitches

[Andrew Higson]

If he is ringing at Perth still, he will be well acquainted with elasticity. 
The pitch shift of the tenor due to the tower movement is enough to 
transpose the bells from G at handstroke to F## at backstroke.

ADH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Offen" <richard at ...>
To: <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:46 PM
Subject: [Bell Historians] Re: Bell pitches


> --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Dickon Love"
> <dickon.love at a...> wrote:
>> Nick Bowden:
>> > Surely it would make more sense to refer to a tenor slightly flat
>> of c#
>> > as C#. If it was slightly sharp of C# then refer to it as Db.
>>
>> Quite right. This is what I meant.
>>
>>
>> RCO:
>> > Presumably Thomas Young's tuning system had lots of
>> > stretched octaves!
>>
>> Nigel Taylor:
>> > No! it follows the usual well-temperament rules...
>>
>> I think you missed Richard's drole remark - about Thomas Young
> being
>> the creator of Young's Modulus (that parameter of elasticity). Gave
>> me a chuckle rather than the usual groan encouraged by Richard's
> wit!
>>
>> DrL
>
> You're too kind Dickon ...I think!
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