Nearly all balls require working down after casting, a task which requires the greatest experience and skill. If the note is too flat, part of the rim must be cut away; if too sharp, then the thickness of the sound bow must be reduced. The sound bow is that part struck by the clapper. This work used to be do:ie by steel chisels, the rnarks of which may still be seen on old bells. Nowadays the latho is brought into play. Vox bronchial coughs take Wood*' Gremi Peppermint Cure.—£idfi^
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Evening Star, Issue 17087, 4 July 1919, Page 6
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89Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 17087, 4 July 1919, Page 6
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