[Bell Historians] Re: Clapper failure information request

[Mark Regan]

Come and see and hear our composite clapper at Worcester Cathedral. 6 peals
and over 150,000 changes and it sounds so much better too. We'd be happy to
make one up out of a broken SG then you can see and hear for yourself. 

That many failures show that the design is at fault - not the material.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Mike Chester
Sent: 09 March 2006 14:33
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Bell Historians] Re: Clapper failure information request

Personal experience suggests that you lower the limit to around 20cwt.  
The two tenors at Coventry Cathedral, c24 & 34cwt have had about 11 or 
12 failures between them since the bells were put in during 1987.  None 
of the bells that are less than a ton have had a single failure.

Taylors have been very good in terms of their response to these 
breakages.

Mike





 
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