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New Ring of Bells for St Michael, Cornhill 2011
A gallery of
pictures covering the work
20th Jan 2011 in Loughboorugh
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| The treble. (Photo ADH) | The 7th (Photo ADH) | The 2nd. (Photo ADH) |
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| The 8th. (Photo ADH) | 5th being cast. (Photo ARK 20th Jan) |
Lynne & Peter Mullen (Photo ARK 20th Jan) |
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| The mould of the 6th (Photo ARK 20th Jan) |
Cornhill parish visit (Photo ARK 20th Jan) |
Preparing the 11th mould (Photo ARK 20th Jan) |
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| St Michael parishioners (Photo ARK 20th Jan) |
The furnace glowing (Photo ARK 20th Jan) |
The 4th cooling down (Photo ARK 20th Jan) |
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3rd Feb
2011 in Loughborough |
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| The 7th on the tuning machine. | The 7th | The 7th half way through tuning. |
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| Chris Kippin browsing. | The 8th. | The 8th. |
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| The 8th. | The 7th being tuned. | 4 of the bells waiting to be drilled and tuned.. |
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| The 2nd. | The 4th. | The 4th. |
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| The 5th. | The 3rd. | John Jelley, Andrew Wilby and Chris Kippin admiring a bell cast for a Sri Lankan temple. |
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| The 4 new Cornhill bells standing in the foundry. | The pits for the 10th and 11th before casting. | The spectators. |
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| The furnace is being checked. | The molten metal is poured into the ladle. | Almost full. |
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| Magnesium is sprinkled into the ladle to keep the top of the molten metal hot. | Metal being poured into the 10th mould. | The 10th being cast. |
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| The 11th being cast. | The 11th. | The remaining metal is poured into ingots. |
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| The top of the moulds with the metal cooling down. | Moulds being prepared for the 9th. | The Master (Phil Goodyer) and the Treasurer (Phil Rogers). |
17th Feb
2011 in Loughborough
Photos by Tony Kench (unless otherwise stated):
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| Bells 5,6,7 and 8 now tuned. | The 4th on the tuning machine. | Tony Kench (Tower Secretary) and Dill Faulkes (principal donor) (Photo N Smith) |
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| Bells 1,2 and 3 awaiting tuning. | The 9th being cast. | The tenor being cast. |
25th Feb
2011 at the church
Photos by Tony Kench
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| The 5th was the last bell to be lowered. Ironically it was the last bell to have been raised into the tower, as it is dated 1968. | Paul Mason with the 5th on the ground. | A collection of bells on the floor of the church under the tower. |
26th Feb
2011 at the church
Photos by Dickon Love (unless otherwise stated)
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| The bells on the floor of the church. | The 5th, under the tower | The tenor. |
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| The wheels are piled up in the belfry. | The belfry is otherwise empty of bells. | No ringing at the moment in the ringing room. |
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| Bells 3, 4 and 7, all cast by Phelps in 1728, are piled up in the room above the belfry, pending hanging dead. | ||
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| Looking down on the bells under the tower. | "Whitechapel Loops" in the inscription band of the treble. | The treble being carried out. |
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| The 5th. | Detail on the treble. | The treble. |
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| The 9th: "SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS" | ||
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| The 6th "EXULTATE IUSTI" | The 9th. | The 11th. |
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| The 11th is stored over the top of the 6th. | St Michael watches the 10th being hoisted out of the church. | |
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| The 10th. | The 10th. | The 8th. |
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| The curious thing about the inscription on the 8th is that the names of the Churchwardens were added as an engraving rather than being cast as part of the inscription. There is also an empty inscription band around the bell. | The 2nd, with its headstock still on. | |
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| The 2nd. | The tenor headstock (all 400kgs of it) loaded onto the lorry. | The tenor was the last one left in the church. |
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| The tenor at the door of the church. | St Michael watching the tenor leave. | |
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| The tenor is lowered on top of the 10th. | Rearranging the bells on the back of the lorry. | |
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| The tenor standing on the back of the lorry. | |
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| The final arrangement of th 9 bells on the lorry. | The lorry leaves for Loughborough (photo ARK). |
End Mar
2011 final pictures at the Bell Foundry
Photos by Tony Kench
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| The tenor. | The 10th on the tuning machine. | |
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| The bells lined up in the tuning shop. | Peter Haywood working on the frame. |
2nd Apr -
Arrival at the Church
Photos by Tony Kench
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| The ASCY Bell. |
3rd Apr -
The Dedication Service
Photos by Dickon Love unless otherwise stated.
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| The 8th. | The 5th and 6th. | The 3rd and 4th. |
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| The tenor. | The 11th and 10th. | The 4th and 5th. |
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| The 9th. | The Master and Senior Steward at the service. | The Bishop of London approaches the tenor to strike it with a hammer, as the Chancellor of the Diocese and the local Alderman look on. |
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| The Bishop strikes the tenor. (Photo ARK) | All listen as the church is filled with the sound of the tenor. | The Rector and Bishop process back to the front of the church. |
27th May -
The Try Out
Photos by Tony Kench.
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| Andrew Ogden, the Taylors' bellhanger who has been leading the work. |
Bristol Max in progress at the tryout on Friday evening May 27th. |