[Bell Historians] Call for papers on ... bell-casting?

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "David Bryant" 
<davidbryant at ...> wrote:
>
> > I have a notion that the ring of 8 at Kingsbury in London was 
cast by a 
> > founder whose main business was organ building ...
> 
> Ah, hadn't thought of him - the bells are by Lewis of Brixton, I 
presume?
> 
> David
>

T.C. Lewis was a very fine organ builder with organs such as the ones 
in Southwark and Ripon Cathedrals to his credit.   

His bells are quite interesting in tone (the rings at Kingbury and 
Shipbourne spring to mind and the light chime at Keston) - he would 
never countenance any form of tuning as he maintained breaking the 
skin of a bell somehow marred its tone.

The firm was taken over in 1919 by the well known organ building firm 
of Henry Willis & Sons.

R