[Bell Historians] York St John
David Bryant
davidbryant at ...
Thu Oct 13 12:20:05 BST 2005
>I can't find why the bells were hung thus. It does seem to have been a
>change of plan, though. The fittings sheet shows the usual canon
>retaining stocks, but these have been crossed out. Without detailed
>analysis, I can't be sure, but my guess is that the frame is too tight
>for the necessary canon retaining headstock patterns; the ordinary
>stocks were narrower so we used them instead.
Thanks for looking. I can see no reason why space in the frame would be
tight - it isn't a tight fit in the tower and there is room around it.
David
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