Bell Ringing in the Belfry at Purton, Wilts

An extract of a successful quarter peal of Yorkshire Major being rung at Purton, Wiltshire. On Sunday 31st July 2022.
Purton, 8 Bells. Tenor: 20-0-14, in C#. dove.cccbr.org...
Quarter Peal: bb.ringingworl...

[@c-historia]

Great quarter peal!

[@LucasJamesThomasGleed]

That was fun to be there watching 😅

[@RingerJamie]

I love them, I don't know why!

[@JamesJoynson]

😂😂 lol. Probably because they sound big and grand, when they’re only 20cwt

[@adamcrane7732]

Hello@@JamesJoynson

[@MauveStingerStings]

Apparently the tenor used to weigh 25-26cwt, note was probably C, Gillet & Johnson then removed 5-6cwts to tune the bell.

[@RingerLuca651]

I'm pretty sure the more you tune a bell, the deeper in pitch it gets...

[@MauveStingerStings]

@@RingerLuca651 no, the pitch goes higher

[@JamesJoynson]

Luca’s right. When you retune a bell, as you take more metal off, the pitch goes down

[@MauveStingerStings]

​@@JamesJoynson Any proof?

[@JamesJoynson]

Watch my two videos of Elkstone. The older one was before the restoration, which included retuning, and my newer video which was afterwards.

[@RingerThomas]

I don’t like the appearance of the 5ths clapper.