[Bell Historians] Re: Foundry records [was Woburn 1/4s]

[alanaj8283]

--- In bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com, Chris Pickford <c.j.pickford.t21 at ...> wrote:
>
> The question of access to bellfoundry records and charges for research 
> is naturally of interest to members of this list. However, as Robert 
> Lewis and others have already remined us, a) the material belongs to the 
> companies concerned, b) they may restrict or allow access as they see 
> fit and c) charging it is not unreasonable for any services provided. 
> Any access that we may have as ringers and bell historians is a 
> privilege - and certainly not a right.
> 
> It is true that Taylors were at one time highly secretive about the sort 
> of information that has been made much more freely available in recent 
> times. This should be clear to all from the amount of material 
> generously contributed to the Dove NBR database. Now, there is a strong 
> desire and commitment at Loughborough to open up the historical material 
> for a broad range of future uses.
> 
> Work is in progress to transfer the John Taylor Bellfoundry Museum and 
> the foundry archives into the ownership of a separate company, Bell 
> Foundry Collections Ltd (BFCL). This is a "not-for-profit" company, 
> separate from John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd, and it exists to protect the 
> heritage material associated with the bellfoundry. BFCL now runs the 
> Museum and looks after the archives. Since the formation of the Company 
> in 2012 the Board (of which I am a member) has been working hard to 
> catalogue the material, improve the care of the collections and develop 
> a range of access routes.
> 
> More information on our plans for the collections and about means of 
> access will be available shortly when we officially publicise the 
> formation of BFCL and start promoting our new services. Of course, BFCL 
> will need to generate income to fund these activities and so there will 
> be charges.
> 
> At present, the charge for answering enquiries for information from the 
> Taylor archives is £20 for an initial search plus 30p per photocpy or 
> scan supplied. But bear in mind that time is precious too, and being 
> largely run by volunteers the Museum will not have the resources to 
> handle a heavy workload of enquiries.
> 
> 
> Chris Pickford
> -- 
> Chris Pickford 4 Walmsley Court, High Street, Kinver, DY7 6HG Tel: 01384 
> 878435 or (mobile) 07811 453525 E-mail: c.j.pickford at ... or 
> (interchangeably) c.j.pickford.t21 at ...
>


I may be able to give, for free, information on G&J bells as I have their Tuning Book records of fiche.

AAJB  



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