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From: das@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: A Short Treatise on Change Ringing
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Date: Thu, 27-Dec-84 17:53:29 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 27 17:53:29 1984
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	>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