5090 Cambridge Surprise Major

Layout
5090 Cambridge Surprise Major
Composed by Brian D Price
23456 B M W H
42356 –
25463 2 2 3
34562 – –
63542 – 3
34625 – 3
34256 2 2 –
53246 –
42635 – –
56234 – –
26435 –
62534 – – 2
(32456) – s
77 crus (26f,51b), 23 5678s (8f,15b), 8 6578s (4f,4b), 86 4-bell runs (33f,53b), 170 5678 combinations (80f,90b).
Blue Line
Properties
Structure
  • Backstroke start
  • Mid lead start
  • Mid lead finish
  • Variable hunt
  • Variable cover
  • Palindromic
  • Exact multipart
Methods
  • Spliced
  • ATW
  • Mixed stage
  • Change every lead
  • Every lead different
  • Jump method
Calls
  • Standard calls
  • Twin bob
  • Jump calls
  • No calls
  • Tenors together
  • Strictly tenors together
  • Multipart calling
Changes
  • Adjacent changes
  • Identity changes
  • Jump changes
  • Pure changes
  • Touching places
  • Tenors reversed
Truth
  • True
  • Round block
  • Single extent block
  • Multi-extent block
  • Repetition between calls
  • Internal rounds
Number of parts
1
Number of methods
1
Changes of method
0
Stage
Major
True rows
5090
False rows
0
Complete extents
0
Partial extents
1
Applicable leadhead codes
b
Date composed
Default calls
Near
Types of call
2
   1234 LE Single (s)
1
   14 LE Bob (–)
34
Performances
Date Type Details
Sat 18 Jan 1947 First rung on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Winchester & Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at St Michael Archangel, Southampton, Hampshire, conducted by Charles H Kippin  
Mon 27 Dec 1965 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Gloucester & Bristol Diocesan Association at St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by D John Hunt  
Wed 18 Dec 1968 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Suffolk Guild at St Mary, Framsden, Suffolk, conducted by Leslie G Brett  
Sat 10 Oct 1970 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Suffolk Guild at St Peter and St Mary, Stowmarket, Suffolk, conducted by Alan M Barber  
Sun 31 Dec 1972 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Bristol Society at Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by D John Hunt  
Sun 18 Mar 1973 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Suffolk Guild at St Mary, Framsden, Suffolk, conducted by Stephen D Pettman  
Sat 10 Feb 1979 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Cambridge University Guild at St Peter, Henley, Suffolk, conducted by C Mark G Ockelton (Peterhouse)  
Tue 12 Jun 1984 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Suffolk Guild at St Margaret, Ipswich, Suffolk, conducted by Simon A Rudd  
Sat 19 Dec 1987 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Oxford Diocesan Guild at St James the Great, Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, conducted by Andrew Haseldine  
Sat 26 Jun 1993 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Norwich Diocesan Association at St Peter and St Paul, East Harling, Norfolk, conducted by Jeremy W Spiller  
Sat 28 Apr 2001 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Lancashire Association at St Mary, Offton, Suffolk, conducted by Andrew P Warboys  
Wed 13 May 2015 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Derby Diocesan Association at St Helen, Darley Dale, Derbyshire, conducted by Richard J Angrave  
Fri 9 Sept 2016 Peal on towerbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the Hertford County Association at St Mary, Gislingham, Suffolk, conducted by John P Loveless  
Mon 11 Sept 2023 Peal on handbells 5090 Cambridge Surprise Major by the St Martin's Guild at Cathedral Church of St Philip (Ringing Room), Birmingham, West Midlands, conducted by Oliver C Bates