[Bell Historians] Peals on Six Bells

[Richard Smith]

nitramwe wrote:

> According to Clavis Campanalogia (1796)pages 50,51:
> York      = x.36.x.14.x.12.x.36.14.x.14.36   lh = 12 for 135264
> Worcester = x.34.x.16.x.12.x.36.14.x.14.36   lh = 16 for 134625
> Bristol   = x.36.x.16.x.12.x.36.14.x.14.36   lh =,12 for 142563

Do we think these methods are old enough to have been rung 
in 1737?  All of the methods on six or more bells that Monk 
gives in his 1766 Campanalogia Improved are right place. 
Of course, that could be Monk's personal prejudice, or 
perhaps the wrong-place methods simply hadn't caught on or 
attracted Monk's attention.  But do we have any evidence of 
wrong place methods before the Clavis?  Understanding how to 
make a wrong place treble dodging minor method without 
falseness is quite a leap.

RAS