Romsey Abbey Tenor

[eucle1943]

che fresada!!

[Engerlingraucher]

They tuned the bell... I find, that's not very good...

[Whrrr1978]

What makes you say that? Have you heard it? It's much improved on how it used to be (in my opinion)...

[Engerlingraucher]

In Germany is it not allowed to tune old bells...

[Whrrr1978]

It varies here, depending on the age and founder. Bells of this age (not considered that old) by this founder are plentiful. It it was a bell older than, say, 1650, or by a rare founder, it wouldn't be allowed to have any tuning.

[TheAngelofNight]

well he mentions to the fact that any bell above 100 years is protected in Germany, including a bann for any tuning, except the office for historical monuments gives it´s okay for it (happens quite rarely)

there are many different opinions about ``to tune or not to tune`` I suppose, for bells hung for change ringing or carillons it may be different than for swinging bells

looks like good work anyway!

[LottieBTS]

Sound??

[Whrrr1978]

Yes - very. It's now been welded...

[pal05pmajor3]

we done this at my tower once, it was done on our tenor because the clapper was faulty, we had to leave it in, my got it was loud

[DALEK95]

Hi. I'm a novice bell ringer at my church. Was the slider actually sliding on this bell? The ring of 8 at my church were cast at whitechapel also, but in 1955.

[thompson6920s]

no its not.

the slider is at Deadcentre and the bell is swinging to the balance

[ProfMoose]

Watch carefully and you can see the slider sliding. If the bell is being swung to the balance then the slider must move to accommodate the thickness of the stay/slider combination.

[ItsAlexOmg]

I think you'll find it does move.

[anonmonen]

Good Video Graham, but we put clappers in ours!

[Robster981]

Excellent video, never seen a bell being tested in the frame before.

[irkibby]

this will be good for showing learners exactly how little effort is needed