The public account of the bell foundry relies on the casting ledger and the pitch checks from the west gallery. A review of that source and the field notes finds a specific limit: the count can be repeated, but it does not include a soft beat at the rim that appears only after the second cooling.
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 comparison covers 48 bells that held their assigned note after cooling; 52 appear in the prior file. No signed correction to either entry was present when this review closed.
Kelm Orra, sounder responsible for the city’s signal bells, said the source register was complete for its stated purpose. The office has not provided a separate measure for whether the foundry can cast a new public bell without losing the pitch used for flood warnings, so the public record cannot yet show which account is more representative.
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. This report does not establish that either side misstated the evidence. It establishes that the published total is narrower than the conclusion being drawn from it.
Residents and workers have had their first chance to question the measure in public. The entry belongs to the district return file at the bell foundry above the old ceremonial stair. The next casting will be tested from three listening posts before installation. The next file should preserve the original entries and explain any change in method.
