[r-t] Spliced Cinques & Max

[edward martin]

On 22 September 2010 13:01, Don Morrison <dfm at ringing.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Richard Smith <richard at ex-parrot.com> wrote:
>> You can designate any change of the Stedman as the lead end, so you simply
>> state that the lead end change is the middle of a quick six.  As there's no
>> requirement for calls to only occur at the lead end or half lead, this has
>> no other consequences that I can see.
>
> While the wording in the Decision leaves a bit of ambiguity, I don't
> think it is quite correct to say that this solves the problem. It does
> for the currently more popular use of Stedman in spliced (or
> "spliced") with a start at the course end. But if you start Stedman in
> the middle of a quick six, and end it at the course end, then you are
> leaving it at a different point than you entered it, and you can't
> call them both the lead end. Thus, it would appear the CC Decisions
> say that such peals, of which have been rung, should not be recorded
> as spliced.

It depends on what you (or theCC with regards to principals) define as
the course end. EG in Triples to get all the changes with the same
bell in 8ths,with no repeats you need to leave and return to Stedman
in the same six-end, but on higher numbers you could start with say
rounds at the first row of either a quick or a slow and end with
rounds at the first row of either a quick or a slow six. There would
be no obvious repeat.
The real question is: What is a lead end of Stedman (or any other principal)?

Eddie Martin