[Bell Historians] Re Godalming and recasting in general

[Roderic Bickerton rodbick@gmail.com [bellhistorians]]

Would a founder risk casting rubbish? If there is any doubt as to the
metal, it makes far more sense to sell it as scrap and use certified
material.

On 5 Sep 2017 9:18 am, "John David johnedavid at hotmail.com [bellhistorians]"
<bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> A point to consider may be where does the founder get the metal from for
> new bells? Was it virgin metal straight from the mine? If previously used
> then surely it was recast – whether it had been scrap bells or something
> else.
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> As to itinerant founder using what they could get, perhaps the following
> from the accounts of St Peter Port in 1736 at the recasting of 8 ringing
> bells c20cwt and the clock bell c14cwt by Brocard Bros of Lorraine may
> indicate something.
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> *Aout 6        Pour port de 184livres d'Etain du poids du roy a la fonte
>                  £t 0/4/0       *
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> *Aout 12     paye a Thomas Molets[?] pour 114½ pezt de dens *[denerels]*
> @ 14/- la livre**  £t 81/ 19/0    *
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> i.e. 184 lb of tin and 114½ lb of obsolete French coins. £tournois were
> approx 7 to the English £ and the Guernsey livre was about 10% heavier than
> the lb
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> John David
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> Guernsey
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