[Bell Historians] Fwd: St.Edward's, Leek, chiming machine

[Carl S Zimmerman]

At 07:11 +0800 08/08/29, Richard Offen asked:
>Before we all start bombarding this lady with duplicate information, 
>please may we know what you imparted to her?


In answer to your question - I had written to her as follows:

>The term "chiming machine" is accurate and correct.  The term 
>"carillon" is commonly mis-used in England to refer to such a 
>machine, as members of the British Carillon Society would be quick 
>to confirm.
>
>Although you didn't say so, I expect that the modification to your 
>chiming machine was done by Gillett & Johnston in 1926, when they 
>added two treble bells to the existing 8.  (See 
>http://dove.cccbr.co.uk/ for the publicly available information 
>about St.Edward's bells.  See 
>http://www.gcna.org/data/IXfoundryGillettJohnston.html for a sketch 
>of the history of Gillett & Bland, subsequently Gillett & Johnston, 
>et al.)
>
>I applaud your intent to restore St.Edward's ringing machine.  I 
>cannot speak to its rarity, nor can I provide a full list of 
>suitable firms to quote for repairs.  However, I will forward your 
>inquiry to the Bell Historians mail-list, which is UK-based.  Among 
>its subscribers are people associated with both of the English 
>bellfoundries and others associated with various firms of 
>bell-hangers.  I'm reasonably confident that someone there will be 
>able to provide more direct assistance than I can.
>
>You might also explore http://www.ringing.info/ for ideas about 
>other possible places to inquire.
>
>I will be interested to learn whether you are successful in 
>restoring the chiming machine.  If that appears likely to occur, I 
>would be happy to add to the GCNA Website a page about St.Edward's 
>bells viewed as a chime.  (Dove's Guide, linked above, views them as 
>a ring.)