[Bell Historians] Mystery Bell

[Mike Chester]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Chris Pickford <c.j.pickford.t21 at ...> wrote:
 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
> 

You can hear them at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUZ9NgMAShY

Tenor does seem a bit arbitrary with its note!

Pensnett, on the other hand, do seem to have tuned up ok, given their previous reputation!

Birmingham did produce some "interesting" rings in Victorian Times.  The Blews 8 at Cradley stick in my memory for their extremely loud overtones.  I found this poem:-

http://www.cradleylinks.com/st_peters.html

Allegorical?

Mike

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