[Bell Historians] Heythrop (was Re: Call for papers on ... bell-casting?)

[Richard Offen]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Nick Bowden" 
<nickwbowden at ...> wrote:
>
> From: Richard Offen
> >
> > Although he tuned the treble (and 2nd?) at Heythrop, Oxon.
> > Nick
> >
> Did he, or has someone else?
> R
> 
> In the interests of accuracy (having checked Ranald Clouston's 
notes instead
> of relying on my failing memory), TC Lewis tuned the 2nd and tenor 
at
> Heythrop, not the treble. According to RWMC they were "turned 
shoulder to
> mid soundbow."
> Nick
>

This is all most interesting!

Having tuned these bells and most of the bells at Roehampton, why did 
he suddenly stop tuning?   All the bells at Shipbourne and Kingsbury 
(it is said he cast nearly 20 bells before he had an eight he was 
satified with for this job!)are most definitely maidens.   

One would have thought that, having gone to the expense of installing 
a tuning machince, Lewis would have continued to use it.   Or, at 
Heythrop and Roehampton, are we seeing tuning done by another party 
subsequent to the original installation?

Richard