A decision on the bell foundry should be judged by what happens at the bell foundry above the old ceremonial stair. The docket is at step 2 of the current review. Its latest entry reads: The clerk has matched the claim to its source register and named the missing record. A rule that looks complete in the chamber can still leave the people who use it carrying an unmeasured cost.
31 bells that held their assigned note after cooling were entered this cycle, compared with 30 in the prior file. That comparison matters because the public summary counts entries. The open question is whether the foundry can cast a new public bell without losing the pitch used for flood warnings.
The master caster says the alloy change is harmless; the signal crew says a narrow pitch shift can confuse a warning heard through stone. The current record does not settle that disagreement. The objection deserves a direct answer, but it is not a reason to make the rule permanent before the affected residents can check the method.
Ava Korr checked the casting ledger and the pitch checks from the west gallery against the field notes. The method is to note who made a record, who preserved it and who can still consult it; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them. The practical evidence is a soft beat at the rim that appears only after the second cooling; any new measure should record that condition beside the total.
The chamber should approve a limited trial with a published end date, a way to record exceptions and a named reviewer. The next casting will be tested from three listening posts before installation. That is the narrowest decision that can be defended from the evidence now available.
