City of London, St Michael, Cornhill - Grandsire Cinques
(Recorded 13/08/2011)
A brief recording of the long-awaited, new twelve in at St Michael, Cornhill. Certainly a marked improvement on the previous ring. The tenor in particular is a stonkingly-good bell, but (as usual) I don't think it comes across very well in the video. This was taken on the Tonbridge and Lewisham Districts' outing, which a few of us crashed in order to grab Cornhill. My thanks go to them.
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Brilliant sound indeed!!!!
Wow these bells sound grand and musical.
My old man Hung the old bells in the early 60s. I remember him saying they were to heavy for the tower and sounded shocking. This new peal sounds wonderful.
Very nice!!! I must ring here at some point!
Much better than the old bells
Though the sound doesn't do them justice, there is definitely a tantalising hint of a magnificent tenor! Certainly an improvement!
A massive improvement...
@irkibby I see you are still a fan of that word!
@Twiddlepin I have some sympathy for the objector in question. It must be difficult, having arrived from 1870, to acknowledge that just because something is old doesn't automatically mean it's good.
I've heard these are now fantastic, but you're right, they don't sound it in this video.
@timmeh1507 The tenor is SPANKING
ho ho ho
@topshed34a What are you talking about? I have made no reference to the tenor ringer in any of my comments
32-1-6 in Db
what weight is tht tenor?
Lovely sound! Taylors can still do it.
@rmdguild Pardon? As regards the London firms attempt at what you say, well "The operation was a success, but the patient died....". It has to be said that some of the older bells were better than thier modern Whitechapel companions.
I suppose it has t o be said that many people do like the sound of modern rings, me included but it is also true that many old rings are very iconic such as St Pauls and to replace those with a modern peal would be in my opinion shocking. The sound of St Pauls is to be the sound of London Bells. I think the new peal would go better than the old peal, they were way to heavy for the tower
According to one of the objectors, the people who approved this new ring will burn in hell. Bless him.
Yeah but he is making hard work of simply drumming the tenor.