[Bell Historians] Re: Pimlico, Ashton, Mancroft, Oxford.

[David Bryant]

"The tenor was of course recast in 1814 by Thomas Mears II. John Taylor & Co
proposed in 1924 recasting it and increasing the weight; this was not
permitted; so the tenor, and only the tenor, was significantly tuned by
Taylors. Its nett weight after removal of 56 lb of dirt and staple was
40-2-21, prior to tuning, which removed a further 2-3-6."

I think a lot of this - probably getting on for 2 cwt - will have been the 
weight of the canons. It does not appear that much metal was removed from 
the bell during tuning - it has not been cut extensively.

David