Grantham Bells, the two tenors

New Wooden shafted clapper for the 11th, sound comparison versus the tenor

[@RingerThomas]

These bells have power! Not like for Cornhill. The front 11 barely have any resonance!

[@antoniettarescigno2508]

Fjoko

[@heidar13fes]

Hi

[@JointedStudios]

Do they have counterweighted clappers? Im seeing slow-motion-moving-clappers

[@DavidBraunton]

No, no counterweight, 11th has a wooden shift, and 12th nylon shaft. No counterweight, most of the weight is in the ball and flight

[@adamm2693]

counterweighted clappers are very rare but not nonexistent. Buckfast abbey's tenor has one!

[@CBF1]

@@adamm2693 Stephansdom's Kantnerin also has one. Kolner Dom's Petersglocke originally had one but that clapper was replaced all the way back in 1951(the 1951 clapper is the same one that collapsed in 2011 silencing the bell).

[@Tylergames-sm3bc]

Sounds very nice ❤

[@SovetskayaUSSR]

Although I'm not a fan of change ringing, why does the tenor not hit the stay?

[@DavidBraunton]

At the start both bells are propped on their respective stays, but they're being rung down, so moving further away from the stay and sliders touching.

[@Kellotkirkonsoi]

Yes

[@christianong3703]

What days do you practice?

[@DavidBraunton]

Tuesdays

[@christianong3703]

@@DavidBraunton ah cool. That's when we practice at also Braunton North Devon

[@DavidBraunton]

@@christianong3703 nice, given my surname, I'd like to come and ring in the family home at somepoint

[@christianong3703]

@@DavidBraunton yeah 😅 I've met a captain called David Braunton. When ever you're down come & ring but I'm not a captain yet.

[@Zeetamsi4950]

Why do The bells go Upside down When the stay hits The slider Yeah the bells have power My talent of the power is 1,000,000,000 Power of the bells They are ringing Down the Two tenors Goodbye Comments!

[@Bellringercameron]

??what

[@ANITALACANLALI]

Godzilla had a fucking stroke reading this

[@Dara.Bortolato_2006]

Il Mi3 suona benissimo

[@christianong3703]

Eb Db

[@DavidBraunton]

Indeed, although the bell foundry records them as C# and D#, 549.5 hertz and 616 hertz respectively.

[@christianong3703]

@@DavidBraunton it's confusing that D# and C# sound the same as Eb and Db and I've not heard of hertz in camponogly

[@DavidBraunton]

@@christianong3703 on a piano that's true they're the same note, but I think tuning wise there is a slight difference, sharp's (#) are flat of flat's (b) and vice versa. According to dove's guide: Grantham tenor is 549.4 hertz nominal, Maidstone tenor 541 hertz, Evesham tenor 552 hertz, Leighton Buzzard tenor 554.4 hertz - all described at C# Coventry Cathedral tenor 548.5 hertz, Loughborough tenor 567 hertz, St Michael Cornhill (London) 554.5 hertz, St Neots 565 hertz, all described as Db So there appears a slight overlap, but #'s seem lower than b's. There are some exceptions: St Mary's Beverley 544 hertz Db, Hoar Cross Staffordshire 540 hertz Db. Maybe the bell founders just decide on the day?

[@christianong3703]

@@DavidBraunton crikey okay wow 🤔 I also play bells on piano but not regularly and awwww Hoar Cross heavy 6 there a hard work ring. and also there's a light 6 in Cornwall called St Neot as well well there much much lighter bells and its a 6

[@antoniettarescigno2508]

Bokjo

[@cloudveliganio5555]

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