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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Prior to tuning last year the tenor bell’s Nominal frequency was 943.5Hz and it was listed in on-line Dove and the printed editions as Bb. After tuning the Nominal frequency is listed as 926.7Hz which I would have put as Bb – 11 cents.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Bell-historians <bell-historians-bounces@lists.ringingworld.co.uk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrew Aspland via Bell-historians<br><b>Sent:</b> 14 May 2022 11:02<br><b>To:</b> Bell Historians Mailing List <bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk><br><b>Cc:</b> Andrew Aspland <aaspland@yahoo.co.uk><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bell Historians] Kemberton<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have made enquiries about the A flat and G sharp thing which is equally perplexing!!<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Andrew<o:p></o:p></p><div id="ymail_android_signature"><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-left:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:15.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#6D00F6'>On Sat, 14 May 2022 at 8:26, Richard Offen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Roboto;color:#6D00F6'><richard.offen@iinet.net.au> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div style='border:none;border-left:solid #6D00F6 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 15.0pt;margin-top:7.5pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Could I ask why the new ring of six for Kemberton, Shropshire (soon to be eight) are being shown on the online Dove website as being in the key of A#?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>If I remember my music theory correctly, A# Major is not in the circle of fifths as it’s structure, with three double sharps, is considered too complicated for practical use. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The tenor at Kemberton, according to the nominal frequency given on the Dove page is 11 cents flat of B-flat, so why not show the ring in that commonly used key? To add insult to injury, one of the bells is shown as being in E-flat, which makes even more of a nonsense of it all!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Rings of bells are musical instruments and therefore, in my opinion, should conform to the tried and tested conventions of musical notation. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Richard<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from Richard Offen's iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bell-historians mailing list<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk">Bell-historians@lists.ringingworld.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians" target="_blank">https://lists.ringingworld.co.uk/listinfo/bell-historians</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>