[Bell Historians] Auckland

[John Baldwin]

As far as I can see we have NO frame info in *Dove*.

John

On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 at 12:21, Mike Chester <mikechester at hotmail.com> wrote:

> The date of the ringing frame on Dove is 1920
>
> Mike
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> In article <003201d60299$e272bb30$a7583190$@thekloof.co.uk>,
>    David Kelly <david at thekloof.co.uk> wrote:
> > If however the bells were installed as a chime at Inverary before being
> > converted to a ring then we could look in more detail to see if it
> > should be included.
>
> I just checked what it says in the booklet of the tower history.  After the
> bells arrived in 1921:
>
> The bells were then set up in their steel frame in the slatted
> 'cloichteach' at the east gable of the church and in December 25th 1921
> they were chimed for the first time ... For the next ten years the bells
> remained in their 'cloichteach' where they were chimed almost daily ...'.
>
> There is no mention of 'their frame' being a special one designed for
> chiming, and in the later description of the completion of the tower and
> installation of the bells I can find no mention of a separate frame being
> delivered.
>
> So it seems reasonable to assume that the temporary installation at the
> east end of the church consisted of the bells hung as they would be in
> their eventual frame, ie in bearings for full circle ringing but maybe
> without all fittings.
>
> The booklet doesn't say how they were chimed.  Maybe ropes were attached to
> the clappers.  Maybe they were swing chimed (in which case the wheels might
> have been fitted).  There is no mention of any special chiming mechanism
> being installed or used.
>
> From this I would say they were not 'hung as a chime', but hung as a ring
> (maybe with incomplete fittings) and only chimed.
>
> --
> John Harrison
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