[Bell Historians] Canon removal and faculties

[Richard Offen]

> I'm not sure how true that is?
> 
> For a start it was the foundries that decided to provide metal 
headstocks as 
> a modern material and secondly I can think of a few old style wood 
headstock 
> bells that shift fast enough.
> 
> Wooden headstocks can be much lighter than metal, so less counter 
balancing 
> and thus faster surely?
> 
> Andrew

I'm sure your first points are right Andrew, but are timber headstocks 
actually lighter than metal ones? Having carried several of each up 
tower stairs in my time, I'm not so sure!

R