[Bell Historians] King's Lynn

[Andrew Higson]

Sigh!

 

It's a normal low side cast iron frame. Pre merger, not that it would have affected the design. Why would we throw away the form book and start designing new concept bellframes?

 

Once someone secures it to the tower it will perform to expectation just like Northampton and New York do which both post date it.

 

Andrew Higson

Taylors, Eayre and Smith Ltd

The Bellfoundry

Freehold Street

Loughborough

LE11 1AR

Telephone: 01509 212241 Fax: 01509 263305 Registered in England No. 1352309

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From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of davidhird_uk
Sent: 04 July 2007 12:54
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] King's Lynn

 

Is it the same type of frame? T,E&S haven't been hanging since the 
1890s. Neither has E&S. Only Taylor's have been hanging since then. 
Is the frame to a normal historical Taylor spec or is there now some 
sort of hybrid design possibly incorporating C channels instead of 
RSJs for example.

David

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com <mailto:bellhistorians%40yahoogroups.com> , David Bryant 
<davidbryant at ...> wrote:
>
> Interesting - particularly the quote from the vicar:
> 
> "Vicar the Rev Chris Ivory claims some blame lies with the 
bellfounders due to the type of frame used, but he concedes there is 
an issue with the grout mix."
> 
> It would be interesting to know on what grounds he is claiming 
there is a problem with the type of frame, given that this type of 
frame has been used without problems in literally hundreds of towers 
since the mid-1890s. Is he claiming that he knows better than the 
bellfounders?
> David
> 
> 
> To: bellhistorians at ...: editor at ...: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 16:10:58 
+0100Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] King's Lynn
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> 
> 
> 
> See:http://www.lynnnews.co.uk:80/news?articleid=2999296RAL <http://www.lynnnews.co.uk:80/news?articleid=2999296RAL> 
>

 

           
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