Half Muffled Grandsire Triples In The Belfry at St Peters Roman Catholic Church, Leamington Spa

View of a bottle of water on it's side at 2:35
Some turbulence at 4:14
The ringing in this video is sections of a quarter peal of Grandsire Triples, rung for All Souls. Due to the fact that the ladder ran through the pit of the seventh, I had to go up before the bells were rung up and had to stay on the small platform for about 55 minutes! It was in fact an enjoyable experience.... the sway was most impressive and watching bells ringing is never boring.
Cast and installed in 1905 by John Taylor and Co of Loughborough, this 16cwt 8 hang high up in the slender brick tower of St Peter the Apostle, right in the centre of Leamington Spa. Because of the position they are in, the bells are affected a lot by the movement of the tower, making ringing them properly an arduous task requiring effort and skill. One has to pull very hard at every stroke and be prepared for the bell to either make it to the balance or fly towards the stay... if your bell drops, it will affect other bells in the tower. The dynamics of the ring are so unpredictable but essentially, if everyone puts in effort into every stroke, theoretically the changes come out well.
The tower was added to the slightly earlier church in 1878, and a ring of six bells was installed by William Blews of Birmingham. A desire to improve on the Blews bells was probably prompted by the restoration and augmentation of the bells at All Saints Anglican church nearby in 1901... a heavier and much finer set of bells was duly installed in St Peter's tower!
They have been regarded as unringable or have been unobtainable for periods of time in their existence due to fears about the instability of the tower... however, after efforts by Sam Austin a few years ago, the bells are presently rung by an arranged band approximately monthly.
The small bell hung dead above the tenor is an electrically operated Angelus bell, donated by a prominent bell historian to this tower in 2005. It is originally from a monastery in Leicestershire, and was cast in 1852, by John Taylor and Son in 1852. The other bell from the monastery is now in the museum at Taylors.
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[@silviaruhsen4666]

An Isle of hope and glory

[@KDowner94]

a very fine sound indeed!

[@sooth15]

Yay! I love half muffled bells!

[@irkibby]

@combineharvestersam They're bloody glorious. Thanks for opening them up.

[@LeamingtonSteve]

i used to feel sea sick in that tower in the 1980s!

[@irkibby]

@meme2702 The same is true here. It is rare that full circle change ringing is done for a funeral or somebody dying. Half muffled ringing is done every year for the day we remember soldiers that died in wars

[@Steven_Rowe]

Nice clip and I love half muffled ringing it adds a another dimension to ringing and today is 11/11/11

[@bethmc717]

Just beautiful

[@ashitaka13400]

Habituellement, je ne suis pas attiré par ce genre de sonneries, mais je dois avouer que celle-ci me plait beaucoup. Elle est même très intéressante !

[@combineharvestersam]

They're still fantastic bells!

[@Orgelix]

Sounds great!

[@kaylacurry4304]

Are the bells green or, does the bells have a bronz color?

[@irkibby]

@meme2702 It was the first time i have been close to bells with muffled clappers. I did not know the clapper bounced so much. What would you consider a "funebre peal" The stay system here was used only by John Taylors when they hung bells. It is called the Hastings Stay, i have a drawing which explains.

[@meme2702]

@irkibby In my region the way of announcing that a person in the parish has dead is very different in each single village, but in general only one bell is struck with distant tollings.

[@irkibby]

@KDowner94 Oh yes, they're outstanding bells

[@Orgelix]

@irkibby This is also used in South Tyrol. Equally on sad occasions!

[@irkibby]

@Orgelix Are there any videos of your Sud Tyrolean half muffled ringing? I would like to show it to English ringers if there is a video

[@pierrot708]

nice ! =)

[@irkibby]

@simonbellringer It is the 5th alongside the two trebles on the top tier. And yes, I have rung with John Gwynne a fair bit but not too much. He rings at Warwick who practice on Wednesdays, the same night as my own practice so I only see him for quarters etc

[@meme2702]

Very interesting, I think it's the first half muffled video which appears on KZbin with an internal film. It's very interesting, although it's difficult for me to relate it to a funebre peal. I don't understand how the system stay-slider works...

[@irkibby]

@arnoldusglocke A piece of leather is put on one side of the kloppel. It is only done on sad occasions.

[@simonbellringer]

Absoloutely fantastic sound and some fine ringing!! Which is the bell at 0:26 btw? My ears tell me it's the 6, my gut tells me it's a little out of synch, lol!! Oh and I see John Gwynne rang, he used to be a Swindon ringer!! Know him well? At the same time this was going on I was conducting my first Triples also, 1288 GRandsire in 48 minutes at St Mark Swindon, lol!! :)

[@silviaruhsen4666]

Bells in Great Britain

[@willrumsey9178]

Erm id love to ring here

[@grg603]

Good sond

[@JoeAustt]

Is it me or Taylor’s bells in F sound beautiful ?

[@chillinbro5423]

Nah I’d say it’s every person who rings loves Taylor bells in f or f#

[@arnoldusglocke]

That's great! I Love your videos!! Does this sound like an echo occur more often? It's completely new to me, but very attractive. ***** Thank you, irkibby! :-)

[@ChristDefender75]

3:56

[@simonbellringer]

@irkibby Lol, great to hear that St NIcks will soon be back, them and Allesley are the only towers my brother has (and should ever have!!) over me; he rang the "old" 8 at Allesley before the 3 & 4 were replaced!!!

[@irkibby]

@pierrot708 thankyou

[@simonbellringer]

@irkibby Yes, I have rung with him a couple of times at Warwick St Marys (not St Nicks as theyre out of action!!) a couple of times, plus a couple of quarters earlier inm the year. Where do you ractice? Because Wednesbury ppractice on a Wednesday and you threatened to come over had we gone, lol!!

[@FPSzky]

why they are muffled

[@soniacaneparo1853]

By Richard: the bell of min 2:19 ???

[@irenec4876]

1:07

[@irkibby]

@simonbellringer St Nicks will be ringing again in about a months time. The Wednesday practice is at Stoke in Coventry, they're here on my channel somewhere. And I can miss the occasional practice.

[@THC187]

I saw a water bottle

[@simonbellringer]

@irkibby Lol, note I put old in inverted commas!! I dont mind really!!! Any idea where the old 3 will go?

[@irkibby]

@ashitaka13400 Thankyou!

[@nikospodas6201]

WHERE DOES THE LADDER GO UP TO IN THE BELFRY?

[@irkibby]

THE TOWER ROOF

[@SCR1PTDECRYPT]

why muffle the bells?

[@SCR1PTDECRYPT]

thanks!

[@SCR1PTDECRYPT]

really...

[@zvonazgnadbiskupije1094]

Maybe someone died

[@MGRinger02]

These are said to be F+, it sounds more like F#-

[@fredmills368]

No these are definitely F

[@MGRinger02]

@@fredmills368 Well that's very debatable. I personally think the border-line from F+ to F#- begins at around 715.0Hz (and F#- starts at 718.5Hz). These bells are at 720.0Hz, and the majority of rings at 720.0Hz are noted as F#-. Here are a several examples: Whaplode, Washingborough, Burton Bradstock & North Bradley (719.0Hz).

[@MGRinger02]

@@fredmills368 I'd also say that Caerphilly's bells are in F#-, rather than F+, as they're at 718.5Hz. They sound fantastic.

[@op6883]

Key of G flat

[@StevenBlakemore1994]

what a delightful ring of bells! I must admit I really do love Taylor rings but then again in Burton Upon Trent we have nothing but fine Taylor rings and a ring they retuned very well! :-) If you want to see examples of this then please check out my youtube channel.

[@irkibby]

@simonbellringer They're still essentially the same ring, if you want to ring the 4th is is still in the tower with a chiming hammer, and the 3rd is still waiting at Loughborough and will at some point be hung for ringing again. So all is not lost, not that they were a good sound anyway... ringing the back six was just unpleasant because of the two "thud"s on the front of the change.

[@willrumsey9178]

Sad These bells sound

[@RingerThomas]

Probably Cause there tuned to an old concert pitch. It makes them sound between two notes so in that case makes them sound mournful

[@nikospodas6201]

THESE BELLS ARE BETTER THAN ALL SAINTS

[@RohrDC]

Why would you say something so brave yet controversial?

[@ernie5613]

dont

[@c-pla5-g251]

dont waht

[@RohrDC]

just don't

[@RohrDC]

@@fredmills368 just don't