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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
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Subject: Re: A Short Treatise on Change Ringing
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Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 12:27:27 EST
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In article <2971@ucla-cs.ARPA> das@ucla-cs.UUCP (David Smallberg) writes:
>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.

They almost never ring all twelve bells; I know they've rung quarter peals
with the full set.  I believe that most of their "full peals" are rung on
either 8 or 10 bells.

Most patterns can be extended to any even number of bells.

Charley Wingate   umcp-cs!mangoe