[Bell Historians] Leeds Parish Church

[Ted Steele]

On 04/04/2011 08:29, Chris Pickford wrote:
>
> Nick's details for the tenor are correct - supplied as 35-1-9, 
> scrapped at 32-2-16. The 8th was supplied as 12-2-7 (1932 scrapping 
> weight 12-1-4)
>


What causes these discrepancies? At first sight it would seem that the 
buyer may have been charged too much for a bell that actually weighed 
less than claimed, but that is hard to believe. Is it always due to 
interim tuning or removal of cannons, or are cases of inaccurate weighing?

Ted
           
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