[Bell Historians] Aluminium bells

Wed Jun 23 11:09:54 BST 2010

Plowsheards i.e. ploughshears as in 
  They will beat their swords into ploughshears and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. - Isaiah 2:4 & Micah 4:3

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  From: Andrew Higson 
  To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 10:32 AM
  Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Aluminium bells

  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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  From: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com [mailto:bellhistorians at v6aLfjWl5w-HLhXMuCXZDK9MFUvWWzjHdsGb9msj6Kg6sOc8J86NmHgWM0nBw6vJ6GAmFw3t97QgryRDInu7ngzYl7g.yahoo.invalidom] On Behalf Of Timothy Hurd
  Sent: 23 June 2010 08:55
  To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Aluminimum bells

  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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  From: Andrew Higson <andrew.higson at bCMdKNE0IAxCkuSRveMaZPxelJ3WW0RYFsJFH3x52xqKXphYMFN30g6MLymiQjlsEHutAX-KsNRECGp8dkDfUluj1ZyhoJs.yahoo.invalid>
  To: bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Wed, 23 June, 2010 7:16:48 PM
  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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