- AR1
- Collection
- 1877-1983
19 books of bell and tuning records 1877-1951; 7 cuttings albums 1919-1952; correspondence file 1976-1983; envelope of photographs; printed sales brochures, etc.
Gillett and Johnston
19 books of bell and tuning records 1877-1951; 7 cuttings albums 1919-1952; correspondence file 1976-1983; envelope of photographs; printed sales brochures, etc.
Gillett and Johnston
Gillett and Johnston: Bell and Tuning Books
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Tuning at Gillett and Johnston was undertaken according to the 'five toned system, or 'Simpson principle, developed by Cyril Johnston from the writings of Canon Simpson. This was based on the concept that the chord rung by a bell comprised five distinct notes ('strike note, 'hum, 'nominal, 'third, and 'fifth), which had to be harmonised. After the two early rough notebooks (AR1/1/1-2), the main series of tuning books
(AR1/1/3-19) contain details of the tuning of each bell cast or re-cast by the company, including diameter, weight (as cast and as despatched), note, and vibrations (as cast and as tuned). Dates of entries appear to be those of casting rather than tuning, and entries are therefore not in strict chronological order. These books are all marked on the spine 'C.F.J.[ohnston], although they are completed in different hands. All volumes except AR1/1/1 contain indexes of place names.
Gillett and Johnston: Bells Register
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Register of bells cast (including details of size, weight, where sent, etc). Also includes details of Odd/Old Bells Received.
Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book8
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book9
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book10
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book11
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book12
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book13
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book14
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book15
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book16
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book: Old Peals1
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Contains details of testing and tuning of old peals and bells.
Gillett and Johnston: 'Old Estimates and Details of Peals etc.
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Rough notebook containing details of peals of bells at various locations, of their condition, and of work proposed or undertaken.
Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book1
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book2
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book3
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book4
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book5
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book6
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Gillett and Johnston: Tuning Book7
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Gillett and Johnston: Cuttings Books
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Contains newspaper cuttings, with some original photographs and printed ephemera, relating to Gillett and Johnston, and to bellfounding and bellringing generally.
Gillett and Johnston Cuttings1: General
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Gillett and Johnston Cuttings2: Ringing Peals, Chimes, Carillons, etc
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Gillett and Johnston Cuttings3: Philadelphia and Louvain
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