[Bell Historians] Carillon

[Bickerton, Roderic (SELEX GALILEO, UK)]

Or the tuning machine.
 
Now, the Russians have cast the odd big bell and there is that shipyard
facility, built for huge propellers, reputably capable of much larger
castings than that, and they have some monstrous machines as well, so,
why go for Dartington?
While they are at it there is a bell in Moscow that needs recasting even
more than Big Ben.

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[mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Offen
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Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Carillon


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I think you'll find that the UK founders have the skill, just not the
furnace capacity.

R

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[mailto:bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Pickford
Sent: Thursday, 21 August 2008 10:20 PM
To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Carillon

what is the foundry going to do after the bells are done.?

Read the web-link that David provided. Dartington is a well-known centre
for arts, crafts and design. The idea is that the foundry would continue
to be used for casting works of art. They're not looking for a
traditional foundry - but a state of the art one. Our bellfounders
wouldn't be well placed to cast an instrument on this scale anyway - but
others in Europe and beyond have produced huge bells in recent years and
do have the skills and technology

The project visionaries aren't looking to be constrained by tradition or
limits of current facilities here!

CP


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