Ringing Rounds at Painswick

Ringing some rounds on the 12 at Painswick. Everyone seemed to say these were terrible, but I didn't think them to be that bad. We didn't really have enough to ring all 12 well, which was a shame. They were perhaps a little indistinct inside, and the video seems to make that quite apparent - I don't remember them being as 'blurry' as they sound here, particularly the back end.

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[simonbellringer]

The front 5 are AWFUL!! The back 8 are nice though, but when ringing all 12, they are very indistinct, and you can only really hear ther "bong" of the tenor properly, its just a cacophany of noise otherwhise!!

[simonbellringer]

Anyway, I am coming here soon, and will try to get a clip of the proper 12!! What were they like to ring?

[ItsAlexOmg]

@simonbellringer

They usually do... They didn't here though.

[simonbellringer]

@MartynMcFlyC Does the 6b have a different colour sally to the other ropes? I often find that can be helpful to distinguish them.

[sdgwebb]

@ItsAlexOmg You were definitely using the flat 6th. Last time we were there, someone made the same mistake...

[ItsAlexOmg]

@sdgwebb Ah. I see what you mean. I don't remember which we were using. It is possible we used the right one, though more people have said we weren't than were.

[sdgwebb]

@ItsAlexOmg If you look at them, they fall in the circle. Next to each other, but the flat 6th should hang to the left of the 6th....

[ItsAlexOmg]

@sdgwebb

What do you mean? the 6b and 6 fall right next to each other.

[sdgwebb]

@ItsAlexOmg The flat 6th rope is in the wrong place for the rope circle. It falls between the 5th and 6th. They are a superb 12 outside, but are disappointing inside cos of poor acoustics...

[MartynMcFlyC]

@ItsAlexOmg Unbelievable... how did people think that the 6b worked? Just proves people don't know what they're talking about... and never listen to their ringing. Next time give them the "bird" and say ring the right bloody bell!