[Bell Historians] Ludlow

[Ted Steele]

May one ask why all this is being done? On the face of it it appears 
something of a shame not to just augment the present ring, but I do not 
know the bells.

Ted

nigelsdtaylor wrote:
>
> The old 7th is becoming the tenor of a ring of ten in the key of E (16-
> 2-16). The old 5th is being retained as a chiming bell, and a new bell
> cast to replace it as the 8th of ten. The old treble has been recast
> half a tone sharper(from D to D#); the 3rd in ten is a new bell, and
> the two trebles are the ex.Kidderminster trebles tuned down just over
> half a tone. The new bells are G & J profiled. The old bells are being
> tuned. The old tenor has been broken up and some of the metal
> incorporated in the new bells. The new bells were cast last Friday
> (19th).
>
> Nigel Taylor
>