[Bell Historians] Riverside Carillon.

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I am now quite confused! Are we talking about the new or old Riverside  
bells? I was told that the front end bells of the Whitechapel  
replacements are somewhat bigger than the originals, bin both diameter  
and thickness. I also thought that carillon bells were numbered the  
other way round from ringing bells - i.e. the biggest being no 1.

Best wishes,

Matthew


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That would only give a soundbow thickness of  9/16", the small carillon  
bells I have seen are very thick, well over 1" thick

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Would 5 7/8" be the strike diameter at the thickest part of the sound  
bow? would your informant be able to check this?
DG










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That's precisely what I'm wanting to know. G&J says diameter is 5 7/8  
inches, actual outside measurement, as measured by my informant - 7  
inches. The former measurement being the inside.
 
AAJB.

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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 MDX0jW0t3guH1y5Ec98Wr_x2MvVBjRVlzZkXdhBIaqTDjGaMucXNGWnLbfo1SEbPnqtHXzxGViOCwhbhNjPgWE8.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

 

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