[Bell Historians] Re: FW: a neglected tower

[Barry Pickup]

--- Mike Chester <mike at Hp5nyxvYQUdsOr02Gu_swNrh1F4AU8_8_uMzyOaGZHaR7H-dKtFt1jqx-35cGAnyVAeFnOXwS7W2QdPIUmTEF7qZnZoiBw.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

> 
> Heywood lasted only c.10 years before being recast.
> Oakham tenor broke 
> in the crown and had to be recast a couple of years
> after being hung, 
> it was cast a couple of cwt heavier.
> 
> Mountsorrel are, IMHO, pretty crap!
> 
> Mike 

There does seem to be a bit of a mystery about the
Heywood recasting. Was it another Oakham case which
was kept quiet? The tenor (according to the board in
the tower) was rather thin (21-3-0 in D).

JBP


		
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