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<DIV>"Be honest David, apart from pedants like us, who's really=20
<BR>interested? All most ringers want to know is 'are they=20
ringable?' <BR>and 'about how much does the tenor weigh?'!"</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There is a culture of ringers being uninte=
rested in=20
bells and anyone who shows an interest being branded an anorak, but in matt=
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such as this I find ringers can be interested especially if they are musica=
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Several of the ringers at my home tower have shown an interest in the music=
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aspects of bells, and we have tried pretty much all the decent-sounding=20
combinations possible with a ring of eight - we rang a quarter on the penta=
tonic=20
six a few weeks ago. I've also demonstrated various not-so-nice combination=
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and am glad to say that they all agree that it really doesn't sound very ni=
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ring the front six of an eight.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>David</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>