[r-t] Spliced Surprise Major problem

[John Goldthorpe]

Philip Earis wrote:
> On his website
> (http://lightning.prohosting.com/~escrick/spliced8.htm#5120-20SPL), John
> Goldthorpe has an 8-part 'atw for all 8 bells' composition of spliced
> surprise major in 20m; basically Chandler's 23 without Newcastle, Pudsey
> and Sonning.
>
> I presume the main reason for leaving these three methods out was to
> keep the length down...assuming one doesn't exist already, can anyone
> come up with an 8-part containing all 23 methods (5888 changes)?
>
>   
Yes.

5888 Spliced Surprise Major (23 methods)
John M Goldthorpe

   12345678 Newlyn
   17856342 Pudsey
 - 18642735 Newcastle
   16283457 Sonning
 - 12357648 Moulton
   18645723 Essex
   15263874 Richmond
 S 61854237 Chertsey
 S 16582437 Buckfastleigh
   17438265 Belfast
 - 13748265 Claybrooke
 - 12437586 Bristol
   13254678 London
 - 16532847 Yeading
 S 61358247 Caterham
 - 65138247 Colnbrook
 S 16583472 Malpas
   14826753 Willesden
 S 71325486 Northampton
   72143658 Chesterfield
   76482513 Sussex
   73518264 Huddersfield
   78654321 Whalley
   --------
   75836142

8 part.  S=3456.

256 of each method.
183 com, 41 cru's, all the work.