[r-t] Definitions so far

[Stephen Penney]

> 7.  A performance of length 5000 or more may be described as a
> /peal length performance/.  A performance of length 10,000 or
> more may be described as a /long length performance/.  A performance of
> length 1250 or more may be described as a /quarter peal length
> performance/.  Other fractional peal lengths are defined in a similar
> manner but are less commonly used.

I'd want to describe anything from 1250 - 5000 changes as a quarter peal.
Ridiculous I know once you get past 2000 or so changes, but "quarter peal"
is just the label I'd use for that bracket, and your definition seems to
allow for this. I'd also want to define anything over 10000 changes as a
peal as well as a long length, and your definition seems to allow for this
too.

But I wouldn't want to call anything over 5000 changes a quarter peal (ok,
I might want to describe a 5039 of Stedman Triples as a quarter).
Certainly anything that is unambiguously a peal I wouldn't want to
describe as a quarter.

Your definition seems to treat the 4999-5000 boundary in the same way as
the 9999-10000 boundary. I think the former is by definition more
important to most ringers.

Percy