Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!trwrba!cepu!ucla-cs!das From: das@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.music.classical Subject: Re: A Short Treatise on Change Ringing Message-ID: <2971@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Thu, 27-Dec-84 17:53:29 EST Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.2971 Posted: Thu Dec 27 17:53:29 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Dec-84 14:11:22 EST References: <2102@umcp-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: das@ucla-cs.UUCP (David Smallberg) Distribution: net Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Lines: 17 Xref: sdcrdcf net.music.classical:770 net.jokes.d:426 Summary: >Change ringing is done with a set of four or more bells, mounted to be >rung by ropes. Normally eight to twelve bells are used, each of a >different size. Each bell is rung by one person. ... > A "full peal" takes the ringers through all the >possible sequences; I should point out that at the National Cathedral >in D.C., which has a twelve bell peal, a full peal takes several hours. Uh, a full peal of twelve bells would take years, not hours. 12! is big. I thought the most ever done was 8 bells, which takes about half a day. I ran across an old book on campanology (sp?) a few years ago which showed a number of the most used patterns for four through eight bells -- it's been a while, but I think the names of the patterns were things like "triple Grandshire" and such. -- David Smallberg, das@ucla-cs.ARPA, {ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!das