[r-t] Stedman triples, Little Bob

[Philip Saddleton]

Leigh Simpson wrote:

>>PJE, I feel you are missing a certain 'je ne sais
>>quoi'.  Stedman has a
>>lot of history surrounding it - and this also adds
>>to its appeal.  That
>>is one of the reasons we rang various 'historic'
>>compositions this last
>>weekend as well as more modern ones.  At risk of
>>sounding more stupid
>>than I hope I am - there is a romanticism.
>>    
>>
>
>This is an effect far more important than people may
>think. It's almost certainly true that nobody would
>ring Stedman except for its history, whereas now it's
>an extremely commonly rung principle.
>
>  
>

Well, I suppose it wouldn't be rung if it hadn't been invented, but
surely the reason for its history is that it has so many fascinating
possibilities for compositions starting from such a simple structure.
Triples in particular allows for many different styles.

Here's one I made earlier:

John Pladdys called a peal on Saturday that he claimed as the most
singles in a twin-bob composition to date (274). I had to take up the
challenge.

5040 Stedman Triples
231456      S   H   L      Q
---------------------------------
346125  2s                           |
---------------------------------    |
(461253)     --  --  ss     ss 14s |A |
236514      ss  --  -- 11s ss     |  |
---------------------------------    |B
456231            3A                 |
---------------------------------    |
(562314)     --  --  ss     ss 14s    |
(231456)     ss  --  -- 11s ss 14s    |
---------------------------------
463512      ss  --  -- 11s ss
652341      --  --  ss 11s ss
531264  2s
324156      --  --  ss  9s ss
---------------------------------
(324156)            B
---------------------------------
(415632)     ss  --  -- 11s ss 14s    |
---------------------------------    |
534612      ss  --  --     ss     |  |
362451  2s                        |  |D
641235      --  --  ss  9s ss     |C |
425163  2s                        |  |
213546      --  --  ss  9s ss     |  |
---------------------------------
435216            3D
---------------------------------
(521643)     ss  --  -- 11s ss 14s
145623      ss  --  --     ss
---------------------------------
342516             C
---------------------------------
231456            4D
---------------------------------
Contains 240 bobs and 322 singles - the maximum number of calls on a
twin-bob plan.
Alternatively, replace each set of 4 bobs with -ss- for 120 bobs and 442
singles.

-- 
Regards
Philip
http://www.saddleton.freeuk.com/