[Bell Historians] Largest tuned bell in the world?

[John Paul Adams jpa1260@gmail.com [bellhistorians]]

On 7 November 2015 at 14:39, alan Buswell aaj.buswell at gmail.com
[bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> For those who don't know:
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> Riverside #72.  From G&J Tuning Book 12 P1.
> 122" dia;  Cast at 407-3-9; Tuned to 365-1-18 in C.
> Hz - 66.5,  133,  159,  199.5,  266,  342,  400,  556,  728.  Jan 3, 1928.
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> AAJB
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Which bell was cast with the 42.5 cwt of shavings :) That's a lot of spare
metal and just over 10% of the original weight.
Cheers,
John,
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