[Bell Historians] Towers with ropes out of order.

[RJ Johnston, Geographical Sciences]

Ah, by out  of order you mean not in sequence rather than kaput!

--On 29 July 2008 16:23 +0000 John Baldwin <Dovemaster at 4mU4uoSRlRicsBeyaz9DzRyfrcQXVDw1X-MrtpoV3Y7-UMDASvQRgGIxnxOKF0IR4QhORSkVAMG3lmC64ODouM1R.yahoo.invalid> 
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> --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "RJ Johnston wrote:
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>> Presumably the bells are ringable even if there are no ropes on them
> at present: the difference between fixtures and fittings!
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>> RON
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>> --On 29 July 2008 15:53 David Pike wrote:
>> > I have noticed that the on-line Dove has an update for Stoke
> Newington where the ropes are out of order. Are these bells ringable?
> Are there any other ringable towers with ropes out of order?
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> We (ie, the Dove Stewards) have not been informed that the bells are
> unringable - we would be showing "unringable" if we had been so
> informed (and people are usually quick to inform us about ringability
> or otherwise).
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> David asks about other instances of unusal roping. We try to use
> consistent wording for this sort of characteristic at a tower, thus
> a search within Dove on the words "ropes fall in sequence:" (as used
> in that particular entry) will produce all such other instances, with
> or without such other search constraints as one wishes to impose.
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> John Baldwin
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