[Bell Historians] Warner handbell numbering

Gerry Anniss gerryanniss at gmail.com
Mon Dec 28 11:56:16 GMT 2020


Do the Taylor handbell numbers match up with Whitechapels?
GA

On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, 11:52 AMH via Bell-historians, <
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> Hello – many of you will have Bill Butler’s book on handbells – page 36 -
> 37 says that Robert Wells 1 (1725 – 81) was the first to number handbells,
> with theories about how he devised the numbering scheme.
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> Alison
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> I don't think 15 C is a measure as such just a numbering system starting
> at high C being 1 C (which is about as high as a handbell ought to go - to
> paraphrase Oklahoma).
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> Andrew
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