[Bell Historians] Cambridge

[David Bagley]

A similar thing also took place at Tewkesbury Abbey where the two 1914 
trebles to make up a ring of 10 were replaced in 1934 when the bells were 
augmented to 12 only 19 years later. The whole lot was recast in 1962.

DPB


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> Different founder, but the same thing happened at Christ Church, Oxford.
> The two 1897 M&S bells which augmented the ring from 10 to 12 were 
> replaced
> in 1952 (also by M&S), just before a complete rehang.
>
> The 1897 work was for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - perhaps the 1952
> work was linked to QEII's accession?
>
> Mark
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>> Taylor's recast the two trebles in 1911, and
>> then recast them again in 1952. Does anyone
>> know why this is?
>> ... I wonder what was wrong with those at
>> Cambridge?
>
> I remember old ringers saying that the pre-1952
> bells were hard to hear. The 1952 re-hanging
> was clearly going to be very disruptive so the
> opportunity was taken to have the trebles recast,
> specifying that they should be 'brighter' than the
> then current trebles.
>
> Frank H. King
> The University Bellringer
> Cambridge, U.K.
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