[Bell Historians] Squat bell

['George Dawson' georgebellringer@gmail.com [bellhistorians]]

Read 'Bells & Man' by Percy Price, p.168, where theres a photo of one.

Its a 'schlagglocke',  or clock bell.

 

George

 

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Sent: 10 September 2017 20:52
To: Bell Historians
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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