[r-t] 23-spliced (long message)

[Hayden Charles]

Don Morrison wrote:

 >
 > I've put at
 >
 >  http://www.ringing.org/popular-methods.txt
 >
 > a list of (to first approximation) those treble dodging major methods
 > that have been rung to three or more peals since 1 January 1990.


I found it interesting that of the 1068 methods in your list, only the 
top 81 have been rung 15 times or more, approximating to once a year. I 
would not expect that adding in the handbell totals would make a huge 
difference, and the list leaves out methods rung in spliced 
compositions. (No, I am not asking you to analyse those as well!). Is it 
a fairly graphic illustration of conservatism among ringers?

Hayden Charles