[Bell Historians] Eastry Sanctus Bell

[Dickon Love]

> 1975-wasn't it around that time that a London Company tuned a 
> light eight in Kent into dustbins, that had to be replaced by a 
> fine Taylor eight in the 1990's?
> 
> Alan

Now don't get me started...

> Ha ha!

:) ... ie the rest TIC ...

> Quite true. In fairness, they [Tunstall] were a very uninspiring eight
before 
> tuning commenced

Uninspiring possibly...

> and were even worse after! 

Offensive to listen too ... possibly (I have the digitised recordings).

> Eastry were never a well tuned five and sounded even worse after the
> old, cracked fourth was replaced!

Fives are supposed to sound awful. That said, I never rang (or have
never rung) on them. They are on my list...

DrL