[r-t] Consultation

[Andrew Johnson]

> From: Robin Woolley <robin at robinw.org.uk>
> 
> I had a *quick* look in Method 300. Albanian doesn't seem to have a 
> simple rule, but Prittlewell and Pudsey do. Not all methods have rules. 
> Are we saying that these should not be extended?
> 
> Best wishes
> Robin
> 
>From what I remember Albanian would have a rule as it is part of a family 
of Cambridge-like methods.
Yorkshire N is Cambridge N above and Cambridge N-2 below, with 2nd/5ths 
place bell being a 'false' treble causing the other bells to do half 
Cambridge places with a dodge with one of those bells rather than the 
treble.
Pudsey N is similar, but Cambridge N below and Cambridge N-2 (shifted up) 
above, with 3rds place bell being the 'false' treble.
Prittlewell is Pudsey above and Yorkshire below.
Albanian N is Cambridge N above and Cambridge N-4 below with 6th and 9ths 
place bells being the 'false' trebles and 2nds and 5ths place bells 
looking like Yorkshire.

Presumably there is a maximus method with Cambridge N above and Cambridge 
N-6 below and another with Cambridge N below and Cambridge N-6 (shifted 
up) above, plus ones created by mixing different types of above and below 
work.

I think my rule for Albanian N would be:
ring Cambridge above the treble
2nd place - ring Yorkshire N
6ths place - plain hunt down past the treble, then ring Yorkshire N-2, 
then dodge with the treble and ring Cambridge
For next N/2 - 3 place bells 
10ths place - ring Cambridge until below the treble, then TB, miss out 1/2 
down, Yorkshire places N-6 up, then dodge with the treble and ring 
Cambridge
next - ring Cambridge until below the treble, then TB, miss out 3/4 down, 
Yorkshire places N-8 up, then dodge with the treble and ring Cambridge
next - ring Cambridge until below the treble, then TB, miss out 5/6 down, 
Yorkshire places N-10 up, then dodge with the treble and ring Cambridge
3rds place bell - ring Cambridge


It's a lot harder to invent a rule and find that it generates methods 
rather than discover a rule once you have another way of generating 
methods.

Andrew Johnson


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