[Bell Historians] Re: Devon Bells

[Richard Offen]

> Back in the days of itinerant bellfounders, bell casting was done on 
> the spot - often in the churchyard or even the base of the tower.  So 
> all available metal from old bells was re-used in the process, as a 
> simple matter of economy.  That's where the term "recast" comes from.
> 

Even then, as has been said before here, most of the tin will have gone 
up the furnace chimney and had to be replaced with new metal!

R