stedman cinques from st micheals cornhill london

[Whittingtons]

I can't see how people dislike the bells of St. Pauls and then go on to say that these 'aren't too bad'.

[irkibby]

Michaels

[belvedere261]

@KDowner94 what makes you think taylors are rubbish

[bellboy222]

@KDowner94, Kieran, I cannot understand where you've got this idea from that all Taylor bells are rubbish. It's not as though you can make much of an informed judgement based on the Taylor bells on the IOW, there are no really good ones there! But from 1897, for the next 50 or so years, Taylors cast most of the rings universally considered to be "classic". York, most of Redcliffe, Worcester, St Patrick's Dublin, Manchester town hall, Pierhead, Inveraray, Beverley Minster, St Mary's Beverley too.

[bellboy222]

No one can honestly say any of those are rubbish! Closer to home, and a lot lighter, what about Portsea for a cracking 8? I'm not trying to say that Whitechapel bells are no good, they're probably casting the better rings at the moment. We will soon see what the new 12 for Cornhill are like. Taylors replaced the bells lost in the war at St Dunstan in the east (now gone) and those lucky enough to ring on them in the short time they were there said they were the finest in the city of London.

[KDowner94]

@bellboy222 Hi, I agree that Taylors have cast some brilliant peals of bells in the past, I'm just not a fan of modern Taylor bells thats all - the towers you have mentioned sound fantastic!

[irkibby]

@KDowner94

Both foundries have produced some really uninspiring dross in the last 40 years.

[KDowner94]

@bellboy222 Take back my word - these really are awful aren't they!! I reckon the new will sound fantastic - judging by the video of irkibby's of the new Tenor!

[bellboy222]

@KDowner94, glad to see that! Taylor's have a great deal at stake with Cornhill, and the people behind the "new" Taylors are not the sort of people who would allow rubbish to go out of the door to anywhere, never mind Cornhill. I'm sure the tower will still wobble about, like most London towers do, but I believe that we can all look forward to a particularly fine, if slightly twitchy ring of 12 which will finally do justice to a splendid looking tower!

[KDowner94]

@bellboy222 absolutely!

[bellminsterboy]

@KDowner94 so are you saying that York, Worcester, Exeter, Evesham etc are crap?

If you are then think again!

[KDowner94]

@bellminsterboy Not at all, I was merely saying that I am not a fan of Taylors. Anyhow, I come to realise now that my comments about Taylors in the past have been rather ridiculous and un-informed, but now i know that Taylors, have and STILL CAN produce cracking stuff whether you like them or not. Most of Taylors 'vintage' stuff is SUPERB!!! (still prefer whitechapel though - honest opinion only). :)

[simonbellringer]

Very good ringing - but hey, it IS the ASCY

Are they as difficult to ring as theyre made out to be? I think they sound OK actually.

[belvedere261]

@simonbellringer I rang the 5th to stedman cinques it went okay but it did try to drop once or twice.

[Whittingtons]

@simonbellringer No they're bloody awful!