Yorkshire on the back 8 at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

[KDowner94]

why is the tenor oversized then - dont sound too bad though

[bellboy222]

@KDowner94, the optimum weight for a tenor should be a third more than the next biggest bell in the ring, and twice that of the next one round. When this tenor was recast in 1979, an attempt was made to make it heavier than the one at St Patrick's. In the event, it came out a bit under 1/2cwt lighter than st Patrick's tenor. Really it ought to be around 36 to 38 cwt to be in synch with the rest of the ring.

[1BODGER95]

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2&3?:/

[simonbellringer]

Sound good, but not exactly brilliant for a 45cwt 8!! Some of the bells are really quite clunky, and the middle ones dont blend together too well!!

[bellboy222]

@simonbellringer, have a look on Dove online, and you will see that they are a mixture of Rudhall, Murphy of Dublin, and a modern Taylor tenor. Murphy bells are "agricultural" at best, and you already know a little about Rudhall bells. When you consider this, they don't make too bad a noise!

[simonbellringer]

@bellboy222 Anyway, what makes them "tough?" Aside from the weight, are they oddstruck, rough-going, flighty round the front end?...

[bellboy222]

@simonbellringer, none of them are flighty, but they are odd struck, at least the back 8 are (the front bells have clapper adjustment pins in the headstocks, the back ones don't). The frame is a bit on the slender side so far as the back bells are concerned, and the tenor is way too heavy, like about half a ton bigger than it should be. Ok if ringing behind, but very hard to turn in, on 8 at least. Rang it to a peal of Cambridge royal in 1992, when they were a ten. That was hard enough.

[simonbellringer]

@bellboy222 Nothing wrong with Rudhall bells!!