[r-t] The most uninteresting peal composition?

[Glenn Taylor]

I have a recollection that the first peal of Plain Bob Cinques on the 11 at
Accrington (before odd-bell peals without a cover were acceptable) was
something like:

5060 PB Cinques

23456  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10
------------------------------------
23456  4  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  4
------------------------------------

4 = - s - s

I think it was by Giles B Thompson and described as "a silly peal for silly
bells".


Glenn




 

From: ringing-theory-bounces at bellringers.net
[mailto:ringing-theory-bounces at bellringers.net] On Behalf Of Robert Bennett
Sent: 21 April 2010 12:14
To: Ringing Theory
Subject: [r-t] The most uninteresting peal composition?

The following composition, which I composed in 1998, should be a contender
for the most uninteresting peal composition of all time, or at least of
Cambridge Major:
I haven't seen it in any book, but the idea is fairly obvious and may well
have occurred to someone else before.
5058 Cambridge S. Major
Robert H. Bennett.
* = sixths place bob;
- = normal bob,
s= single.
 
 23456 WH
 42635     *
 64523     *
 56423     -
 45623     -
 64352     *
 36245     *
 23645     -
 62345     -
 36524     *
 53462     *
 45236     *
 24536     -
 52643     *
 65324     *
 36452     *
 43652     -
 64235     *
 26543     *
 52364     *
 35264     -
 23564     -
 52436     *
(32456)s           rounds at snap lead after W.
 
I don't believe it possible to have a peal of Cambridge like this but with
only the calls at home. 
There is a similar one that goes M,B, followed by a similar string of calls
at home.
It could be argued that if a composition was the most boring one known, that
would itself be a point of interest.