[r-t] "Extent" of Kent Major (was Terms of truth)

[Don Morrison]

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 8:03 AM Richard Pullin <grandsirerich at googlemail.com>
wrote:
> In the case of Kent Treble Bob Major, the extent with the tenors together
is 8448 (certainly as a three-part),

What does "extent" mean in this case? If it means "maximum possible true
length", then I don't believe this is correct. For example,

8,544 Kent Treble Bob Major
23456  M  B  W  H
_________________
25634  2     1  1
26354        1  2
23564     5  1  2
36524        2
34625  2        1
42356  2     2
_________________
Repeat twice.
Contains all 24 each 56s and 65s, 86 little bell rollups at the back, and
tittums.


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