[Bell Historians] Mystery Bell

[Andrew Bull]

Carrs augmented the Rudhall six at Carmarthen in West Wales in 1904, into a heavier eight by "topping 'n' tailing", and recasting the treble and fourth of the Rudhall six. It is telling then Carrs' treble, second and fifth were recast by Taylors in the same year! However, their 15 cwt tenor was left, and Taylors retuned and rehung the bells in 1976. I have always considered Carrs' tenor at Carmarthen to be a rather fine bell - one of their "mistakes", perhaps?

Andrew Bull



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Nothing much on Woodhouse in the Potts book (although the 1900 ting-tang 
clock is listed) or in Michael's list, but I've e-mailed hm to see if he 
can add anything from his more detailed notes.

However, I'm as confident as I can be (Carrs being a special interest of 
mine) that this is a Carr bell. As well as the factors I've mentioned 
already (Carr supplied a lot of bells to Potts and the heavy / numerous 
moulding wires are a Carr feature), I'd add that the disproportionately 
small canons are also an indicatve feature, as is the lack of any date, 
signature or inscription on bells supplied through clockmakers

Although much derided for the tonal quality of their bells, Carrs were 
in fact the second firm to produce true-harmonic bells - from about 
1904. Some of their individual bells after that date are really quite 
good, but they weren't always brilliant at getting their bells in tune 
with each other. If anyone wants a bit of a giggle at Carr's expense, 
then try visiting Highley (Shropshire) where the bells are good singly 
but entertainingly out-of-tune as a ring

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