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Bell Tuner
« on: Sunday 25 June 17 12:25 BST (UK) »
<i>Benjamin Kipling, Bell Tuner</i>

I've just read today's entry in Spitalfields Life ... a joy to read about such a fascinating occupation ... I thought it might please others too.

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/25/benjamin-kipling-bell-tuner/
Almeroth, Germany (probably Hessen). Mawer, Softley, Johnson, Lancaster, Tatum, Bucknall (E.Yorks, Nfk, Lincs)

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Re: Bell Tuner
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 25 June 17 15:42 BST (UK) »
Thank you for sharing the interesting article  :D A few weeks ago there was a programme on TV called Salvage Hunters, a chap called Drew Pritchard tours the country collecting curios & antiques. He visited John Taylor & Co Bell Foundry in Loughborough and it showed how they tune the bells. I never thought I would find anything like that interesting, but it was  :)