[Bell Historians] Re: Ropes - Help Please

[Peter Rivet]

In my earlier email I should have said polyester rather than terylene, as
that is the specification we were given.

Peter

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  Sent: 01 August 2010 22:58
  To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
  Subject: [Bell Historians] Re: Ropes - Help Please



  In South Wales at Nash aboutb 20 years ago I spliced prestretched
polyester above the sally and all out troubles went away.I was able to buy
the rope in Bristol .Any rope supplier should be able to obtain some
  Chris

  --- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Alan Ellis <alan_ellis at ...> wrote:
  >
  > Hello Everyone,
  >
  > We are at the end of our rope(s). :-)
  >
  > Our current ropes are only two years old and we have yet to be able to
  > eliminate the elasticity. Our tower captain hates them and our
  > visitors dislike them and have trouble with them. Our ringing friends
  > in Seattle no longer like to visit even.
  >
  > We have hung weights on the end for weeks but the elasticity comes back
  > as soon as the weather warms up. They were regular ropes with a
  > silicone coating above the sally.
  >
  > This was the fourth complete set we have had over the years from Peter
  > Minchin. All the other sets were completely satisfactory and lasted 8
  > to 10 years, depending upon the amount of ringing and the care taken by
  > the steeplekeeper.
  >
  > Of course this was all my fault because I did not order this latest set
  > of ropes with terylene tops! :-(
  >
  > We would appreciate any and all suggestions, from replacing them with a
  > new set having terylene tops, to splicing in terylene tops to the
  > existing sallies, to changing suppliers. Come to that, are there any
  > suppliers left these days, or have they all retired?
  >
  > Your suggestions will be gratefully appreciated,
  >
  > Alan Ellis
  > Holy Rosary Cathedral
  > Vancouver, B.C.
  >



  
           
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