Re: quarter peal

[Myles Louis Dakan <myles dakan gmail com>]

These are really fun to watch. Thanks for sharing!

In the second half of this video, there are three people lowering the tenor
at St Mary Redcliffe <https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/tower/12166> in Bristol:
https://youtu.be/w29Ym5w3VN8. The tenor is 50 cwt, and there are 5(!)
additional people distributed among the back bells to jump in during the
lower.

On the topic of technique for large bells, there's also a great talk by
Julia Cater that's been shared here before:
https://stmartinsguild.org/teaching/training-and-resources/how-to-ring-big-bells/?LMCL=rRvaSO

Myles

On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 8:24 AM Austin Paul via Boston-change-ringers <
boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Richard Morse via Boston-change-ringers" <
> > boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu>
> > To: "Boston Change Ringers" <boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts 
> > edu>
> > 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
> > _______________________________________________
> > Boston-change-ringers mailing list
> > Boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu
> > https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/boston-change-ringers
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Boston-change-ringers mailing list
> > Boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu
> > https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/boston-change-ringers
> >
> -------------- next part --------------
> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> URL: <
> http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/boston-change-ringers/attachments/20240430/59356128/attachment.htm
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Boston-change-ringers mailing list
> Boston-change-ringers cosmos phy tufts edu
> https://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mailman/listinfo/boston-change-ringers
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: 
<http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/boston-change-ringers/attachments/20240430/57353ec3/attachment.htm>