Wonderful!. They sound rather like our swing change chiming bells, at St Andrews, Cambridge NZ. Our set of six steel bells were originally hung for pealing but No.3 was discordant and the set caused damage to the wooden bell tower and church so were replaced and hung so they couldn't be rung up anymore. This set appears to be hung in cramped conditions as well, further discouraging the possibility of ringing up.
Ironically the tenor is the newest bell, dating from 1839!! It was cast at a different time to the other 2 which may explain why it doesn't fit in as well...
By "unringable" I mean that you cannot swing them full circle as is the usual manner of ringing. We were able to chime them and make them sound, but not ring them in the usual way as it is unsafe to.
Ringer Jason While I don't doubt the integrity of that argument, there is more to frame movement whereby a ring of bells could be declared "unringable". Woodwork in frame for instance. Old fittings unsafe and unsuitable for purpose. Bells not looked after and thereby unsafe. Unsafe tower, unsuitable for change ringing bells because of size or structure weakness. Even if we had wanted to there would have been no way we could have got these up! They physically were not up to it!!
You know it is sad for a church to have a set of bells or a single bell left unringable because the church don’t have enough money to get a set of new bells.
Ah - the term "unringable" means unsuitable for being rung full-circle (like the bells are in almost every other video on my channel). Chiming - like we are doing here - is OK, but the fittings wouldn't support the bells swinging too high. 🙂
@@SamRudolph-e5v they could be chimed, or sounded, like we are doing here. They just couldn't be rung in the full-circle manner that many English bells are.
Wonderful!. They sound rather like our swing change chiming bells, at St Andrews, Cambridge NZ. Our set of six steel bells were originally hung for pealing but No.3 was discordant and the set caused damage to the wooden bell tower and church so were replaced and hung so they couldn't be rung up anymore. This set appears to be hung in cramped conditions as well, further discouraging the possibility of ringing up.
There nice sounding bells
fascinating :)
The tenor seems to have interesting partials... Is that the older bell?
Ironically the tenor is the newest bell, dating from 1839!! It was cast at a different time to the other 2 which may explain why it doesn't fit in as well...
And the other ones?
Leander Schoormans 1628 by local founder John Dawton... Says so in the description!
Yeah, I didn't really understand the description at all, sorry... My English isn't so fluently.
@@simonbellringerwhich picture of the bells is the tenor in
So why are they unringable when you're ringing them?
By "unringable" I mean that you cannot swing them full circle as is the usual manner of ringing. We were able to chime them and make them sound, but not ring them in the usual way as it is unsafe to.
Oh ok
simonbellringer the frame has to move over 4-5" for the bells to be declared unringable. Also the tower has to move a large distance, 6" i think. ;)
Ringer Jason While I don't doubt the integrity of that argument, there is more to frame movement whereby a ring of bells could be declared "unringable". Woodwork in frame for instance. Old fittings unsafe and unsuitable for purpose. Bells not looked after and thereby unsafe. Unsafe tower, unsuitable for change ringing bells because of size or structure weakness. Even if we had wanted to there would have been no way we could have got these up! They physically were not up to it!!
Have you seen my new video? =)
You know it is sad for a church to have a set of bells or a single bell left unringable because the church don’t have enough money to get a set of new bells.
How are they ringing it if they are unringable.
Ah - the term "unringable" means unsuitable for being rung full-circle (like the bells are in almost every other video on my channel). Chiming - like we are doing here - is OK, but the fittings wouldn't support the bells swinging too high. 🙂
@@simonbellringer ok.
So for an example they wouldn’t be able to ring on a sunday service or wedding.
@@SamRudolph-e5v they could be chimed, or sounded, like we are doing here. They just couldn't be rung in the full-circle manner that many English bells are.
@@simonbellringer does it cost money for a church to get new bells.
What would happen if you ring all 3 at once
3:35
3:37 they rung all three
@@bellringer22they chimes all 3. Ringing them would be ringing them full circle