[Bell Historians] Riverside Carillon.

[Roderic Bickerton]

Hoe very odd, Hoe on earth can you sensibly determine an inside diameter at
the lip the shape being a curve?
sounds an implaudable explanation.

On 24 October 2010 15:46, alanaj8283 <aaj.buswell at BYBke48dPYMFQOfXRAQLMeDdCT8lyi977xUKeQTMHIMh9SGPXZkWE9qnkqshi5WAlrncg2PrPFv8MuO7djhD2KU-yEmz.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

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> My attention has been drawn to the fact that there may be two ways of
> measuring a bell's diameter. Bell No.7 of the G&J Riverside Carillon,
> weighing only 15lbs, has been measured as 7" (no typo error)on the outside
> (lip to lip)but in the G&J Tuning Books it is given as 5 7/8". The
> measurements have been checked by my informer and shows the smaller
> measurement to be that of the INSIDE of the bell. What of the other bells
> here, I wonder?
>
> Is this the usual practice of Cyril or may be anyone else?
>
> AAJB
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