[Bell Historians] Re: St Barnabas, Pimlico

[Ted Steele]

stephen_dutfield wrote:
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> Forgive my ignorance, but can you describe the mechanism which the 
> Pimlico bells have for setting? Dove lists them as mid-19th century 
> bells so, assuming the frame and fittings are contemporary, was this 
> an experimental installation, or was there another common method of 
> setting - apart from stay and slider - still in use at that time?
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Am I right in supposing that the metal peg on the end of the headstock 
and arc shaped metal device as seen in the last two pictures here 
<http://westminster.lovesguide.com/barnabas_barnabas.htm> constitute the 
mechanism in question?

Ted