1280 8-Spliced Surprise Major

Layout
1280 8-Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Donald F Morrison
23456 W M Methods
42635 – – SR.LNPY.BC
5 part.
Contains 160 Bristol, Cambridge, Lincolnshire (N), London, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative, Yorkshire; 39 com.
17 crus (2f,15b), 4 5678s (0f,4b), 2 6578s (0f,2b), 27 4-bell runs (16f,11b), 74 5678 combinations (19f,55b), 1 8765 (1f,0b).
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
5
Number of methods
8
Changes of method
39
Stage
Major
True rows
1280
False rows
0
Complete extents
0
Partial extents
1
Applicable leadhead codes
Date composed
Default calls
Near
Types of call
1
   14 LE Bob (–)
10
Performances
Date Type Details
Wed 10 Jun 2020 QuarterPeal on handbells 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) at Brambles, Brimpton, Berkshire, conducted by Graham A C John  
Tue 1 Jun 2021 QuarterPeal on handbells 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) at Brambles, Brimpton, Berkshire, conducted by Graham A C John  
Thu 10 Feb 2022 QuarterPeal on keyboards 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the The Bellerophons at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Richard A Wolfgang  
Tue 18 Oct 2022 QuarterPeal on keyboards 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the The Bellerophons at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Simon J O Head  
Thu 20 Oct 2022 QuarterPeal on keyboards 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the The Bellerophons at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Nathan B Colman (Bury St Edmunds)  
Mon 27 Mar 2023 QuarterPeal on towerbells 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) at Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chester, Cheshire, conducted by Paul B Hunter  
Sat 13 Jan 2024 QuarterPeal on towerbells 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) by the Welsh Colleges Society at St Helen, Witton, Cheshire, conducted by Richard Wolfgang  
Fri 22 Mar 2024 QuarterPeal on handbells 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) at 15 Lytham End, Tilehurst, Berkshire, conducted by Graham A C John  
Thu 24 Apr 2025 QuarterPeal on towerbells 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) at St Andrew the Great, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Patrick L H Brooke  
Sun 15 Mar 2026 QuarterPeal on towerbells 1280 Spliced Surprise Major (8m) at St Mary and St Michael, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, conducted by Robert B S Oakeshott