[Bell Historians] Kemberton

[Michael Wilby]

Agree with both Richards. It would make sense to me if all rings were
described in keys with the fewest sharps/flats.

M



Michael Wilby


On Sun, 15 May 2022, 09:35 Richard Smith, <richard at ex-parrot.com> wrote:

> Nigel Taylor wrote:
>
> > When Online Dove moved to apply standard pitch (A=440) to note names,
> this
> > resulted in some keynotes being changed. Ben Kipling and myself agreed
> that
> > the note name should reflect the pitch standard, so sharp of F#
> > international is Gb, and on pitch or flat of pitch is F#.
>
> This policy makes sense for single bells, but I agree with
> Richard that it's daft for rings.  It's not being applied
> properly, anyway.  Why aren't York Minister, Exeter
> Cathedral and Southwark Cathedral listed as A#?  Is it
> perhaps because they wouldn't put up with this nonsense?
>
> RAS
>
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