Over three and a half tons.

72cwt

They are not following each other by spacing after the previous bell, which is what beginners usually do. It is done by ringing by the rhythm, with careful listening to check the timing was correct, and if everyone does that it is "easy", though it takes a lot of practice to become as good as this band.

Something else to know is the ringers know when the bells strikes, normally at hand stroke the bell strikes when the ringers hand pass his nose and the same at back stroke when the tiger grabs the Sally when his hands are at nose level is when the bell strikes. After a while it just becomes second nature. Also as the smaller bells rotate quicker they need to leave a much bigger gap as they go over bigger bells. The bigger bells have the opposite problem, often they need to pull there rope at the same time or slightly before the bell they follow if it is a small bell.

​@@Steven_Rowesurely this must vary according to the ringer's height? A five-footer's nose will be about in line with the bottom of a seven-footer's rib-cage!

There is one English ring of eight in Spain! San Francisco el Grande, Madrid. Sadly, it has been unringable throughout living memory.

isn't it just the light reflecting off the metal?

@@RingerPeter I've seen photos of it up close. It's definitely duck tape

@@isaacoshea6529 - Lol... duct tape 😂😂😂

Yes it is duct tape but I think they’ve sorted it out now last time I looked

Wonder if that has anything to do with the clapper falling out last Saturday during RWNYC 😂

Shame it's metal and not wood. Thank goodness St Paul's still has its wood frame.

Aeoline alias Nachthorn - I'm guessing you're an organist? 😂

This is the winning team’s piece of ringing from the competition

@@JamesJoynson I know Birmingham finished 2nd in the competition but Exeter won the competition in 2019.

@@RingerJack its still to this day unbelievable

@@RingerLuca651 indeed.

They’re in the same key of Bb, but this peal has bells cast at different times by many different founders. These are a very nice sounding 12, but York is something else, as they’re a complete John Taylor ring

@@JamesJoynson the tenor\s clapper came off i heard in some videos

Yeah it directs the sound of those bells down to the ringing chamber so they can be heard over the back bells

I believe the contest in exeter is in July

@@RingerPeter it's on Saturday, July 2nd

@@RingerJack ok i know the date now but i am definitely going

@@kyletheringer ok

@@kyletheringer didn't see you there Kyle

liverpool is the heaviest 12 in the county

​@@chillinbro5423 we don't talk about that waste of bell metal...

@@richardharrold9736watch what you say, they are NOT a waste of bell metal

@@PlainBobMinor14325 yes they are. Whatever the merits of the bells themselves, the tower acoustics are so appalling as to make the bells useless. You cannot hear them, they just disappear into a mush of noise.

They’re in the same key (Bb/A#)

Those two towers both have complete Taylor rings, just cast at different times. This peal has bells cast by many different founders at many different times. But yeah they do sound very pleasant

St Paul's sound like buckets in my personal opinion. One of my least favourite london peals

@@daffyfromuk I agree they just sound awful in my opinion. I like to refer them as 'old grey plant pots'

@@RingerPeter actually there are 13 bells there is a extra bell

Exeter has a mixed bag of bells where as St Paul's are old school Taylor's with pre Simpson tuning. St Paul's I must admit don't sound anywhere as nice as Exeter however they have a unique sound that make St Paul's to me at least the sound of London the sound of Victory To retune them to be is unthinkable. I hink St Paul's are a national treasure.

If you tap the link to Doves Guide in the description, it has all the details on all the bells. Including the Tenor weight in kg. But if you want to know, the Tenor is 3684kg

@@JamesJoynson thanks👍

This bell is what's called a flat 6th. This is used for a lighter ring of ten bells and is not used for the 12 bells ringing here.

It is in the other tower and hung dead

@@richardjohnston1086 ik

@@richardjohnston1086 its not hung dead. It strikes the hour. Hung dead means it doesn't make any sound.

@@RingerPeter I am an English bellringer who is a member of the Exeter Cathedral band. I can assure you that the terminology "hung dead" in England means that the bell is hung such that it does not move, and the bell is sounded by a swung clapper, or, as in this case, a clock hammer.

@@richardjohnston1086 I'm an English bell ringer as well. But I thought hung dead ment that the bell is silent.