[Bell Historians] Hello everyone

[Dickon Love]

--- In bellhistorians at y..., Michael Wilby <michael_wilby at y...> wrote:

> That depends. Can't get splinters from a plastic
> tenor box...

That is only a problem if you ring in bare feet, which only women do. 
I think these days it is acceptable to carpet a tenor box (like at 
York ISTR), but there is a school of thought, led I recall by Jim 
Belshaw, that you can't get good ringing with carpets.

DrL