[Bell Historians] Thatcham tenor

Mon Sep 18 09:02:14 BST 2017

Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Thatcham tenor

 Is this another case of the figure quoted being the carriage weight, for
the benefit of the railway company and anyone else who needed to take it to
its destination?

 Peter Rivet

The tenor at Holy Trinity Bradford on Avon lost weight when Taylors weighed
it in 1998. I'm sorry I have forgotten the details.  We were told that it
had been weighed with the clapper in it when Thomas Blackbourn rehung the
bells in 1891 and that this was a fairly common practice.

Another reason may be that the bell was originally weighed in 'short
hundredweight' which I think was 100lbs to the cwt.

Anne

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Subject: RE: [Bell Historians] Thatcham tenor

It arrived at Taylors in 1929 at 13.2.21.

Seems to be another case of 'It went like a ton' before rehanging.
Alternatively Mr Mears weighed the bell, the headstock as well as the
clapper.

G

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Subject: [Bell Historians] Thatcham tenor

In the late 19th century, Thatcham tenor was often recorded 
as 18 cwt. Although they've been augmented twice since 
then, this bell remains the tenor and Dove now records it 
being 13-0-23. Can anyone tell me whether this was the 
result of heavy retuning, or whether it's just another 
instance of a bell whose weight was vastly overestimated?

RAS

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