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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  • @KDowner94
    @KDowner9412 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant sound indeed!!!!

  • @fluteharmonique8
    @fluteharmonique812 жыл бұрын

    Wow these bells sound grand and musical.

  • @Steven_Rowe
    @Steven_Rowe12 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @LauraBellringer
    @LauraBellringer12 жыл бұрын

    Very nice!!! I must ring here at some point!

  • @belvedere261
    @belvedere26112 жыл бұрын

    Much better than the old bells

  • @timmeh1507
    @timmeh150712 жыл бұрын

    Though the sound doesn't do them justice, there is definitely a tantalising hint of a magnificent tenor! Certainly an improvement!

  • @fartwell2000
    @fartwell200012 жыл бұрын

    A massive improvement...

  • @timmeh1507
    @timmeh150712 жыл бұрын

    @irkibby I see you are still a fan of that word!

  • @irkibby
    @irkibby12 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @lunaticonthegrass111
    @lunaticonthegrass11112 жыл бұрын

    I've heard these are now fantastic, but you're right, they don't sound it in this video.

  • @irkibby
    @irkibby12 жыл бұрын

    @timmeh1507 The tenor is SPANKING

  • @bellminsterboy
    @bellminsterboy12 жыл бұрын

    ho ho ho

  • @irkibby
    @irkibby12 жыл бұрын

    @topshed34a What are you talking about? I have made no reference to the tenor ringer in any of my comments

  • @maidstone10
    @maidstone1012 жыл бұрын

    32-1-6 in Db

  • @MrCheez34
    @MrCheez3412 жыл бұрын

    what weight is tht tenor?

  • @maidstone10
    @maidstone1012 жыл бұрын

    Lovely sound! Taylors can still do it.

  • @fartwell2000
    @fartwell200012 жыл бұрын

    @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.

  • @Steven_Rowe
    @Steven_Rowe12 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Twiddlepin
    @Twiddlepin12 жыл бұрын

    According to one of the objectors, the people who approved this new ring will burn in hell. Bless him.

  • @Steven_Rowe
    @Steven_Rowe12 жыл бұрын

    Yeah but he is making hard work of simply drumming the tenor.