[Bell Historians] Moulding wires - pattern encoding

[Richard Offen]

The description starts at the crown of the bell, so 3,2-3,3-2 would indicate three wires on the crown of the bell, two above the inscription band and three below, three where the sound bow begins to curve out and two at the lip. 

There are infinite variations on this, for instance the usual configuration on a modern Whitechapel bell is 3,2-2,3-2.

Hope this helps. 

Richard

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On 12/01/2011, at 12:33 AM, Carl Scott Zimmerman <csz_stl at eu5f96EG8XbwjLrRH9bZcvoJWwU9r_D-S0sT-W6jm_KmdwbgpvWewDpRolOA7EqHY-uF4MZvph8.yahoo.invalid> wrote:

> In a recent report of a stolen bell, the description of it included this line:
>         Moulding wires 3,2-3,3-2.
> A Google search for "moulding wires" did not reveal any description of whatever encoding scheme is used for the pattern.  What does this mean? and what other variations of this encoding scheme exist?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Carl
> 
           
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