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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Yes, Steve - correct on both counts!
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">1. Tying a cord round at "ten to" (modern
garter-hole position) is what we used to do - and what Tintinnalogia
recommends.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">2. The half-wheel in the Wiki diagram is
based on an ancient wheel (at Dunchideock, Devon) illustrated in C19 books by
Lukis and Ellacombe, and the rope does indeed come off past the 12 o'clock
position - but still with enough draw on the pulley to give a small handstroke
pull</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">To elaborate a bit more on my point about
the need for more research, the key thing is this. Even by the C19 half-wheels
were already very rare - and noted as of special interest and significance - and
much of what we know about the evolution of wheels and full-circle ringing come
from literary (Tintinalogia) and documentary sources (as discussed in detail in
<FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><EM>Change Ringing, The History of an
English Art </EM>and in the Jennings book on <EM>British Bellfittings</EM>). But
there hasn't been enough research based on field-work, and largely because
people like me have failed to take adequate note of how bells with old fittings
are <STRONG>roped</STRONG>!</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">My feeling is that a) too much emphasis
has been placed on part-wheels, and b) not enough has been made of the surviving
evidence of full-wheels with "top garter holes". It's certainly worth looking
out and studying the remaining deadrope installations before too many more of
them disappear. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">CP</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>