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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
of Barnes Group Inc.
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February
8, 2000 relating to the financial statements, which appear on
page 24 of the 1999 Annual Report to Stockholders of Barnes Group
Inc., which is incorporated by reference in Barnes Group Inc.'s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.
We also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report
dated February 8, 2000 relating to the financial statement
schedule, which appears on page 16 of Form 10-K.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
July 14, 2000
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