[Bell Historians] Fw: [GCNA-Members] images

Tue Jun 5 01:24:14 BST 2018

Just some thoughts...

With a 400% zoom-in & a bit of 'fill-in-the-blanks' thinking, a few of the bells in the photo appear to have the trademark John Taylor raised relief (circular wreath) 'Lamb & Flag' lozenge cast mid-waist. Profiles appear to be 1920s Taylors as well. Also, the rounded, double-bevel finial design on the keyboard corner posts is definitely 1920s Taylor [cf: Loughborough Carillon], as are the 'canister' turnbuckle adjusters with their top-mounted locking knobs.

The 'lemon-squeezer' hat visible at the L side of photo might indicate a Boy Scout [Lord Baden-Powell] connection to some sort of jamboree or training session. Likely candidates could be the International Jamborees held at Olympia/London in 1920 or at Merseyside/Birkenhead in 1929. As the two chaps seated by the keyboard have identical socks/footwear, but not the same shirts, this could simply be a case of scouts from different 'troops'. A cursory check of photos of French scout uniforms of the era confirms knee socks with downward 'M' cuff ribbons and waist-length shirts [rather than mid-thigh jackets, as in UK]. 

The two steel railings in the foreground might also indicate installation adjacent to a railway siding, although I cannot discern any tracks in the photo, per se.

My guess is that the photo might be from a [temporary?] Taylor installation of a simple diatonic 8-bell chime, either at some [private] boys' school in the UK or large assembly grounds such as Olympia or Merseyside.

The photo is credited to 'Agence Rol', a French press agency. If taken in the UK by the Agence Rol, the chime player & his on-looker companion may well have been French attendees at a Jamboree, with Rol keen to document the international participation. Hence, also, the reference to 'carillon' and how the photo wound up in the BNF.

It would be worth contacting Loughborough to get a list of their 1920s chime contracts & see if the instrument's provenance can be established.

Regards,
Timothy Hurd QSM
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On Mon, 4/6/18, Carl S Zimmerman csz_stl at swbell.net [bellhistorians] <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 Subject: [Bell Historians] Fw: [GCNA-Members] images [2 Attachments]
 To: "Bell Historians" <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
 Received: Monday, 4 June, 2018, 2:59 PM

         [Attachment(s) from Carl S Zimmerman
 included below]

       My guess
 on the photo is English bells (obviously an octave) at a Boy
 Scout jamboree.Any
 ideas? Carl 

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 Dear 
 colleagues,

 I attach
 two images 
 for you which I have recently found on the
 web:

 -    
 drawing of 8 ringers ringing Notre Dame de Paris's
 bourdon 
 bell

 -    
 photo from the BNF (French National Library), entitled
 "carillon"; looks like it 
 was taken at a school (UK ?) - if anyone can give their
 advice on where 
 this was taken, who founded the bells, and other interesting
 tidbits, I would 
 appreciate it.

 Greetings
 to all, 
 and excellent congress to all the
 attendees,
 Elizabeth

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Posted by: Timothy Hurd <timothyhurd at ymail.com>
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