An occasional series that discusses matters about the state of change ringing on handbells, with some occasional philsophising.
Some time ago, I wrote about the fact that getting started on handbells is easier than getting started on tower bells, because there isn't the difficulty of learning to handle a bell. At the time, I was thinking that bell handling on handbells is almost trivial; certainly I don't...
The Ringing World had a stand at the Ringing Roadshow, and it was adjacent to my stand, so I had a good chance to look at what they were selling. One of the staff was Richard Smith, who I think is behind the methods and compositions in the Ringing World...
Yesterday was the Ringing Roadshow, where I had a stall to sell handbell books and mugs. The adjacent stall was for eBells, where Ben Johnson and his son Alex were demonstrating how to use them as well as showing off their latest 3D printer in action producing eBell parts. The...
Tina and I will be at the Central Council Meeting and Roadshow in Sheffield on the weekend of 6th/7th September. Tina will mostly be busy with the council meeting, but I have booked a stand at the roadshow so that I can sell Change-Ringing on Handbells. There will also...
There was a bit of method history on BellBoard recently. A handbell band rang a peal of Colston Surprise Maximus, which was the first peal of the method as it was originally rung in spliced. I can't remember exactly who told me this, possibly David Brown, but Colston was...
I'm sorry to say that Amazon have increased their production costs for print-on-demand books such as Change-Ringing on Handbells. We have therefore had to increase the price from £20 to £25.50 for Volume 1, and from £25 to £33.50 for Volume 2. There are similar price increases in the...
This week's Ringing World (number 5820) has a lovely review of Volume 2 by Tom Hinks. It begins:
"In this outstanding new volume of Change-Ringing on Handbells, Tina Stoecklin and Simon Gay have distilled their deep experience of learning and teaching handbell ringing into a clear, concise and cogent guide...
We did it! Change-Ringing on Handbells (Volume 2: Advanced Techniques) is now available from Amazon.
Tina and I will be at the Ringing Roadshow 2022 on Sunday 4th September, launching Change-Ringing on Handbells (Volume 2: Advanced Techniques) as well as selling Volume 1 and mugs with the interlocking handbell design. We also look forward to talking to visitors about their experiences of learning to ring...
Tina and I have just booked a stand at the Ringing Roadshow, which is taking place on Sunday 4th September after the Central Council meeting in Nottingham. This gives us a target for the launch of "Change-Ringing on Handbells (Volume 2: Advanced Techniques)", which is nearing completion. It's substantially written...