[Bell Historians] Squat bell

['David Cawley' davidl.cawley@btinternet.com [bellhistorians]]

There are a couple of them in the Channel Islands - see my "Bells of the
Channel Islands" under St Peter Port Guernsey (Town Church), and St Peter,
Jersey. Both of them have examples of this sort of "Timbre". In both cases
the "Timbre" or clock bell, deliberately cast to this shape, hangs outside
the tower - at the Town Church under a canopy on the NW face of the spire
and at Jersey outside the east bell chamber window. I shall always be
grateful to John David for interpreting its inscription!

 

So far as tone is concerned, I think that the Town Church example, which is
a sizeable Bell of about 15-cwt (by Brocard 1736), may charitably be
described as "unusual". The Jersey Bell is much smaller and sounds fairly
unremarkable.

 

No idea why they were cast to this shape - obviously they use less metal and
would cost less. I gather that there are numerous examples in France.

 

It was interesting to see the name Causard on the Bell. In their most recent
form, the Belgian firm of Slegers-Causard were casting Carillons in Belgium
until the period between the wars.

 

DLC 

 

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Subject: [Bell Historians] Squat bell

 

  

One of the bells I saw while on holiday in France was extremely squat. 
Excluding canons it was ~17" high and ~34" diameter.

It was standing on a pallet so no idea what it sounds like.

There are pictures of it at:

http://jaharrison.me.uk/Temp/SarlatBell1.jpg
http://jaharrison.me.uk/Temp/SarlatBell2.jpg

The inscription (on the back and difficult to see, not visible in the
pictures) is:

1825 AUGUSTIN MARTIN PAINTANDRE ET CAUSARD TONDEURS

Any idea why it was that shape, which I haven't seen before?

Regards

-- 
John Harrison
Website http://jaharrison.me.uk



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