Fully Muffled Quarter Peal from St Dunstan's Church, Canterbury, Kent

Описание: Yes, the in-video title is wrong but it took an hour to render so I won't go back and change it...! But anyway, this was the quarter peal rung at St Dunstan's Church just after Queen Elizabeth II's coffin was lowered into the vault at St George's Chapel in Windsor on the day of her funeral. The bells were rung fully muffled with the tenor open at handstoke. Here are the details: https://bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.ph...

The Church of St Dunstan Without the West Gate sits on a hill overlooking the western side of Canterbury. Its tall and thin tower holds a 13-2-15cwt ring of six bells in the key of F#. Until 1936, all six bells were hung on one level (somehow!!!) but for a number of years before that date, they were unringable as the fabric of the tower wasn't in good condition. In 1936, they were taken out of the tower and tuned by Mears and Stainbank whilst the north wall of the belfry was rebuilt from the inside out of reinforced concrete. They were then rehung with plain bearings on two levels, bells 1, 3 and 5 on the top level with bells 2, 4 and 6 on the lower level. This peculiar hanging gives an odd acoustic when the bells are being rung. The upper bells sound softer whilst the lower bells shout more, creating a strange sound effect when ringing. None of the bells in the tower are younger than 1777 either. The treble was cast in 1777 by William Mears, the second was cast in 1629 by Joseph Hatch, the third was cast in 1777 by William Mears, the fourth was cast in 1605 by Joseph Hatch, the fifth was cast in 1325 by William le Belyetere and the tenor was cast by Thomas II Palmer in 1676. Overall they form a clunky and lovely sounding old fasioned ring of six.