RE: [Bell Historians] Maiden Bells

[Dickon Love]

>  (please note Dickon, Im being a really good boy and bottom posting!)

Gold star for Mr Offen.  Black marks for Messrs Dawson and Cawley... :)

DrL

PS I too agree with this conclusion about "Maiden Bells".  When the term was coined, and was entered into casting books, it was generally understood to mean "no further tuning required".  I expect all these bells will have had bits of metal scraped off them as the castings were tidied up.