[Bell Historians] TUBULAR BELLS

[Roderic Bickerton]

The ones I've seen are rope suspended which can rot through, and drop them,
I would guess any plastic rope of the right size would be a fair
replacement. The other thing that happens to them is the wooden hammers
break up. I wouldn't think as much else to do but to replace them with
wood, as plastic would not have enough mass, and metal could cause damage.
The wood looked a bit like elme to me quite dense and quite coarse grained,
but could equally be ash. Personally I wouldn't bother much with cleaning
apart from getting any birds s**** off. If you have to change the
suspension rope, be carefull they are heavy. You should find somebody with
a lot more knowledge than me out there.

On Sun, 24 Sept 2023, 11:38 John Arthur via Bell-historians, <
bell-historians at lists.ringingworld.co.uk> wrote:

> Peter,
> We have had a number here which have been "restored" drop me an email.
> John
>
> On Sun, 24 Sept 2023 at 11:20, <peter at plrivet.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> I’ve been asked to advise on the restoration of a chime of eight
>> Harrington, Latham tubular bells in the Blackburn Diocese.  This is
>> unfamiliar territory for me.  Does anyone have experience of this kind of
>> work, and what to watch out for?
>>
>>
>>
>> Peter Rivet
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