Re: quarter peal

[Austin Paul <austinjpaul gmail com>]

neat! It's the dodges up, where he both needs to cut the backstroke in
short (hence having taken in a foot of tail) and also needs extra pull to
get the bell back up to the balance.
Thanks for the perspective Laura, I don't think I've seen 3 people raise a
bell before

On Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 6:58 AM Laura Dickerson via Boston-change-ringers <
boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:

>     He is on his tiptoes every couple of blows, but if you're looking for
> up in the air it's mostly when he's in sixth's place, although it happens
> sometimes when dodging in 3/4 or 1/2.  The correlation is that it's
> happening when he is at the end of the tail.  In terms of the recent
> discussions in our towers, he's doing (necessarily) extreme tail end
> adjustments and sometimes there isn't enough tail left to adjust.  Or
> that's my take.  In case you're wondering if a bigger box would make a
> difference, that isn't really an option.
>     Here is a better view of how high up the tenor ringer is at
> Southwark.  In this case (from 14 years ago, apparently) the tenor ringer
> is Leon Thompson, who is not particularly tall.  Note the placement of 
> the
> chair, presumably for ease of getting off the box. It's only a minute 
> long,
> not an hour like the quarter peal.
> https://youtu.be/1W8kJ4S7c10?si=XLyxiM7AWbd1oUJJ
>
> Laura Dickerson
>
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> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 11:21:57 PM
> Subject: quarter peal
>
> Hi! I found this quarter peal online:
>
>         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGOcLSBXN6o
>
> If you watch the tenor, you’ll see him frequently leave the ground,
> apparently knowing exactly how and when to use his full weight…
>
> Ricky
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