[Bell Historians] Open handstrokes

[Peter Whisker]

I thought that Stedman described it in Tintinnalogia in 1668?

Peter

On 21/06/2010 16:35, John Harrison wrote:
> Does anyone know when ringing with an open hand stroke lead first developed
> and why?
>
> It is clearly described in the Clavis Campanalogia of 1788, but I can't
> find any mention in Campanologia Improved of 1733.
>
> I thought the answer might be in the History of Change Ringing, but there
> is no mention of it in the indexes, so I suspect not.
>
> My guess is that the mechanics biased things in that direction, and that
> some sort of innate musical sense helped to formalise it into the
> convention we have now of using a single beat, rather
> than trying to suppress it.
>
> I am sure there are people on this list who can give better answers to both
> questions.
>
> Regards
>
>