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DelombardR

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Need top dome for a Corbin bell
« on: March 02, 2019, 09:03:53 PM »
There is a bell on the 1895 Lenox I am cleaning up, but the bell is missing the upper dome.
The body is 2" wide and has a screw fitting to hold it on.
Does anyone have an appropriate dome for such a bell?
Or a suggestion as to where I might find one?

Like most of the rest of the bicycle, the mechanism is really free of heavy rust and operates well.

« Last Edit: March 02, 2019, 09:18:24 PM by DelombardR »

mike cates

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Re: Need top dome for a Corbin bell
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2019, 01:54:19 AM »
If an exact Corbin matching bell dome is not located, a bell dome may be found from an antique telephone collector. The bell domes mounted on antique wall mounted phones or remote yard bells have a central rivet or screw hole like bicycle bell domes. They possibly may be the correct diameter to match your base. Just a thought.
Mike Cates, CA.

DelombardR

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Re: Need top dome for a Corbin bell
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2019, 12:10:20 PM »
Thanks, Mike! Good idea.

David Toppin

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Re: Need top dome for a Corbin bell
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2019, 07:17:07 PM »
Try Ed Lee

oldspoke

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Re: Need top dome for a Corbin bell
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2019, 10:32:31 PM »
Hi Richard

I have a dome top that may work . I sent an email to you through this site . Did you get it ?

Glenn

LORNE-SHIELDS

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Re: Need top dome for a Corbin bell
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2019, 03:33:19 PM »
Copake auction has some nice domes as individual lots if you can wait.  Not sure if they are Corbin ... but are cast and of the era. Good luck!   Lorne