[Bell Historians] Aluminium bells

[Andrew Higson]

Oops! Too early in the morning to focus on the screen. It was an
unintentional malapropism. 

 

The aluminium is coming from a tornado jet fighter - a bit of a swords
into plowsheards project, so I don't know what the exact spec of the
metal is, but will try to find out. 

 

The company commissioning the work has the following on its web site:

 

Locus+ have been invited to jointly commission a new temporary public
artwork as part of True Spirit, the Great North Run's Cultural Programme
for the Cultural Olympiad.

We have commissioned artist Fiona Banner. Her proposal involves the
physical and conceptual transformation of a recently decommissioned RAF
Tornado jet fighter cast as a large, single bell, utilizing the metal
from the fuselage.

Initially, the bell will be situated in a busy public space to coincide
with the Cultural Olympiad's Open Weekend of July 24 / 25. Individuals,
families, schools and sports groups will be invited to activate or
'play' it.

The Tornado was collected on 30.04.10 and is currently being stripped
down into its component metal parts before going through the smelting
processes.

 

 

Andrew Higson

John Taylor & Co.

The Bellfoundry

Freehold Street

Loughborough

LE11 1AR

Telephone: 01509 212241 Fax: 01509 263305 Registered in England No.
7032766

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Hi All

 

Does the (intentional?) malapropism in Andrew's email header/title say
it all ... accent on 'minimum' ?

 

Is the bell to be vertically 'perforated' (like previous Czechoslovakian
examples), to get it to ring at all? 

 

Andrew: please advise exact alloy content by individual element
percentages %, at your convenience, & we'll talk further. Thanks - very
interesting!

 

Regards,

TH

 

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Subject: [Bell Historians] Aluminimum bells

  

We are in the process of making a 60" diameter bell - how exciting I
hear you cry - however it is to be cast in aluminium (aloominum for
foreign correspondents) as it is for display rather than hearing.

 

I can't find any fact or figures about aluminium bells to say whether
this is the largest - anyone out there know?

 

Thanks

 

Andrew Higson

John Taylor & Co.

The Bellfoundry

Freehold Street

Loughborough

LE11 1AR

Telephone: 01509 212241 Fax: 01509 263305 Registered in England No.
7032766

 


 



           
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