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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Briefly, the pulleys were positioned in
the normal place - and salleys would have been needed for the short handstroke
pull and for setting the bell. Sometimes such installations have fixed "rests"
rather than moving sliders. Not so sure about the tail-end. On bells hung like
this, change-ringing would be difficult - but full-circle call changes and
"round ringing" were entirely feasible. In my naughtier tower grabbing days when
we used to ring on threes still hung like this, we often used to tie a piece or
cord round the wheel in the "normal" garter hole position to give a proper
handstroke. But I have rung deadrope too</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">I can't immediately think of anything
much in print on the subject of deadrope ringing. Moreover, past belfry
investigators perhaps didn't take enough notice when recording old installations
(now gone or modified) to indicate whether the ropes (and pulleys) were arranged
like this or in what we now regard as "normal" ringing positions. I'm as guilty
as anyone else! But my hunch is that quite a fair percentage of "rustic"
installations - i.e. where bells were hung locally rather than by specialist
bellhangers - may have been deadrope</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">Of course, what you know is what you
ring. Local bands who just rang in their own village would have been quite
content with bells hung like this - a familiar "feel" and "go". </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">It is, though, an area on which a bit
more research could usefully be done</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Comic Sans MS">CP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Bell Historians] Deadrope
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<P>Chris Pickford mentioned in his last post that the 12 o'clock garter holes
at Canewdon were for `deadrope ringing'.<BR><BR>This is the first time I have
come across this <BR>term and I would like to know more information, like how
the bells would have been rung, where pulleys would be positioned and the
arrangement at the lower end of the rope. Several of the surviving bell rope
invoices here as well as giving details of the weight or the length of the
ropes also state that they had `woostead sallys'. So clearly a sally was still
needed. <BR><BR>Brian Meldon<BR><BR></P></DIV><!-- end group email --></BODY></HTML>