[Bell Historians] surprising Campanophile listing

[davidhird_uk]

My comparison to Guernsey was that they were an attempt to imitate 
an english ring without the full knowledge of what is needed to 
actually make them work properly.

David

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Bickerton, Roderic K 
\(SELEX\) \(UK\)" <roderic.bickerton at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> The link to St Peter Port Guernsey is not appropriate.
> They were hung in a good frame and fittings and were not slow 
swing.
> They had stays and sliders and were all set to rotate at 
approximately
> the same speed.
> They were well sorted and were intended to clapper "wrong"  but 
were
> stable, striking once and striking cleanly. They could be rung to
> changes  easily, once one got used to the trebles. The tenor rang 
like a
> normal English bell, although it had a very substantial headstock.
> They all had the same size wheels and the smaller bell wheels had
> weighting to slow them down to the speed of the tenor.
>