2004 First Peal on Twelve Bells at Shepton Beauchamp

Stedman Cinques - The first peal to be rung on St Michael's Shepton Beauchamp Twelve Bells. Date 11th October 2004.

[@combineharvestersam]

Poor locals, the back six are good and they were probably a reasonably good eight, but they don't work as a twelve

[@irkibby]

Just because there is space in the tower to do it....

[@Whittingtons]

It's a pity the soundtrack keeps changing. I'm about to settle into one part of a course but suddenly it changes to another place. It would be nice if a course end was captured.

[@pretorium]

The back bells totally overpower the trebles.....should have left them alone or smashed the lot up & boiled 'em instead of putting some glass bottles on the front

[@simonbellringer]

@fartwell2000 Tell me about it - from the sounds of it, the 10 were this bad. There was something about 'bad augmentations' in the Ringing World a couple of weeks ago - and this is a classic example - a 'bad 10' being made into a 'bad 12.' The new trebles dont even SOUND nice - they sound as bad as the others.

[@irkibby]

I think that, like me, he probably laughed at these!

[@KDowner94]

@fartwell2000 Taylors have had bad rings as well not just WHITECHAPEL

[@RingerThomas]

Gorran in Cornwall is a good example.

[@AshleyMonck69]

@@RingerThomas those are Warner’s….

[@RingerThomas]

@@AshleyMonck69 Yes. But retuned by Taylor’s and they sound awful!

[@AshleyMonck69]

@@RingerThomas yes but the bells weren’t cast by them which is what is implied

[@RingerThomas]

@@AshleyMonck69 Yes. However Taylor’s have done bad rings. They made Taunton into one profile meaning that the front bells sound really shrill.

[@robertgift]

Belfry openings need to be much larger so trebells can be heard.
Start from rounds.
Do an entire course - NO EDITING.
Amazing ringing!
Please record from outside.
Thanks for posting this.
RWG Denver, Colorado USA