About this site
A demonstration site. The centre, its towers and its people are invented.
Notice
- Harnscombe, its tower, the 24 nearby towers and every name on this site are invented. Any match with a real place is chance.
- Bell weights, keys, steps and practice nights are made-up values in the range of rural towers in south-west England.
- Nothing on this site is sent anywhere. Bookings and course places are kept in this browser tab only and vanish when it closes.
Figures
- Rows
- Generated from place notation by the usual rule: bells in the named places stay, every other pair swaps.
- Bell weights
- Each bell in a ring is scaled from the tenor by its pitch: weight × (frequency ratio)^−1.6. A rough figure, not a founder’s record.
- Estimator
- Weight = k × diameter³, with k = 0.00047, 0.00056 or 0.00066 kg/cm³ for light, medium and heavy profiles. Nominal pitch ≈ 75 850 ÷ diameter Hz, adjusted by profile.
- Duration
- Total = changes × seconds per change. Gap between blows = change time ÷ bells, or 2 × change time ÷ (2 × bells + 1) with the open handstroke lead.
- Units
- 1 cwt = 112 lb = 4 qr; 1 qr = 28 lb; 1 lb = 0.4536 kg.
Photographs
| Photograph | From | Link | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sallies looped up between practices | Source page | Licence not confirmed (Pinterest pin). Replaced on request. | |
| Bells hung in a timber frame, ladder to the right | Source page | Licence not confirmed (Pinterest pin). Replaced on request. | |
| Two bells down, mouths to the floor | Source page | Licence not confirmed (Pinterest pin). Replaced on request. | |
| A bell raised mouth upward, set for ringing | Source page | Licence not confirmed (Pinterest pin). Replaced on request. | |
| A bell against the louvres, late afternoon | Source page | Licence not confirmed (Pinterest pin). Replaced on request. | |
| Stone spiral stair to the ringing chamber | Source page | Licence not confirmed (Pinterest pin). Replaced on request. | |
| A west tower and nave, churchyard path | Source page | Licence not confirmed (Pinterest pin). Replaced on request. | |
| A single bell in a stone opening | Unsplash | Source page | Unsplash License |
Diagrams are drawn from the values on each page. No logos or marks of real ringing bodies or bell founders are used.