Yesterday we rang the quarter of cyclic spliced major that I wrote about a little while ago. It was satisfying after two unsuccessful attempts, and we rang it very well. The composition is a miniature version of David Pipe's popular "cyclic six" maximus. Two of the methods were previously unnamed: Albany Little Treble Place Major (named after Albany Quadrant, of course, although we rang the quarter at Angela's house) and Oxford Differential Little Bob Major. The other methods are Hull, which is a straightforward extension of Hull Surprise Minor, and Bristol (alternatively Norwich can be rung, which is what I wrote about previously).
This visit took place in Staffordshire while celebrating the 80th birthday of my dad, Phil Gay, but they do say that the best parts of Derbyshire are in Staffordshire.
The original plan didn't involve handbells at all. I was invited to ring a tower bell peal on dad's bells, which...
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Peter King's composition of 23-spliced treble bob major was recently rung on handbells for the first time, having been rung only twice (I think) on tower bells. The band was Jonathan Agg, Lucy Warren, Julian Howes and Alan Reading. Posting in the Bellringers Facebook group, Philip Earis wrote:
The...
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Yesterday we rang a good peal of Bristol with Estella Haynes and Jack Page. I had been planning to get Estella to come over from Edinburgh for a peal, and then it turned out that yesterday she was working in Glasgow for the day and also Jack is visiting for...
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I sometimes enjoy a cryptic crossword, but yesterday we were filling in the gaps in the grid of Remus. This has been our surprise royal project for a while, with the usual interruptions and diversions. Yesterday's session was quite satisfying, considering that we have had a break of several weeks...
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I wrote about ringing handbells at the SACR AGM a long time ago, back in 2015, and we have tried to keep doing it since then because the AGM is combined with the striking competition so everyone has a lot of time not up the tower. This year's AGM was...
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Simon has been away at a conference in Paris this week, which has often meant for a quiet week on the handbell front at Albany Quadrant. Not so this week, where I did Visiting Bands 4: Penrith; Skill-building Pays Off, and a slightly surprising touch of Plain Bob Minor.
It...
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Yesterday we rang a peal of Bristol Royal, which was a good achievement by all the band. I thought the method-ringing was noticeably better than in our two previous peals of Bristol Royal, with fewer trips overall, fewer big mistakes, and much less need for conducting.
However, there was a...
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This week we are taking a holiday on the island of Arran, staying in the lovely village of Lamlash. Arran doesn't have any tower bells, but Timothy Billings, who comes to the mainland from time to time for tower bell or handbell ringing, has started a handbell group. Yesterday we...
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We're thinking of producing a second edition of Change-Ringing on Handbells Volume 1, with some updates. We've already corrected various small errors, just by uploading new versions of the book to Amazon (one of the benefits of publishing with a print-on-demand system). But there are some more significant additions...
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I've been thinking about this for a while, but this week I finally got around to making a prototype. I call it the eBells Hub. It's a gadget that you can plug a set of eBells into, and it makes the bell sounds. That's it. There's no configuration, you just...
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