[Bell Historians] Re: St Barnabas, Pimlico

[stephen_dutfield]

Thank you! I have heard of 'Latchet Stays' but had no real idea of what they were. I suppose I also thought that the use of anything other than a normal stay and slider would have died out before the mid-19th century.

S

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Bull" <a_m_bull at ...> wrote:
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> I believe these are known as "latchet sliders", though the metal peg is
> usually vertical instead of horizontal. Although I would not call this
> arrangement common, I believe there were quite a few installation in the
> earlier part of the nineteen century, and late eighteenth century, that used
> it. I have seen a number of variations on the theme.
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> 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.
> <http://westminster.lovesguide.com/barnabas_barnabas.htm>
> lovesguide.com/barnabas_barnabas.htm> constitute the 
> mechanism in question?
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> Ted
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