5120 4-Spliced Surprise Royal

Layout
5120 4-Spliced Surprise Royal
Composed by Robert C Kippin
23456 M W H Methods
42356 3 – SL.SBBSCLB.LLS.SCLSCLB.
54326 – LS.L
26435 – 2 2 CBBBBC.S.CLCSLSCLC.L.BL.
32465 – 3 LC.BSSLCS.SBBSBC.BCCLCBS.
64523 – – L.S.SLCSLSC
32546 – – – L.C.CBBBBC.
43526 – LS.L
25346 3 2 2 CBCSLB.CBBBSB.SCSBB.B.LCL.L.CBSBBC.
23456 – 2 CL.CLCCLSB.SSLSSLSCL.
Contains 1280 Bristol, Cambridge, London No. 3, Superlative No. 2; 101 com; atw.
16 56s (0f,16b), 10 65s (0f,10b), 267 4-bell runs (115f,152b).
Blue Line
Properties
Structure
  • Backstroke start
  • Mid lead start
  • Mid lead finish
  • Variable hunt
  • Variable cover
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
  • Tenors reversed
  • Palindromic
  • Exact multipart
Truth
  • True
  • Round block
  • Single extent block
  • Multi-extent block
  • Repetition between calls
  • Internal rounds
Number of parts
1
Number of methods
4
Changes of method
101
Stage
Royal
True rows
5120
False rows
0
Complete extents
0
Partial extents
1
Applicable leadhead codes
Date composed
Default calls
Near
Types of call
1
   14 LE Bob (–)
30
Performances
Date Type Details
Sun 20 Jul 1975 First rung on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) by the Bath & Wells Diocesan Association at Christ Church, Bristol, Bristol, conducted by Robert C Kippin  
Sun 2 Apr 1978 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) by the Hertford County Association at St Paul, Bedford, Bedfordshire, conducted by Derek E Sibson  
Sat 20 Nov 1999 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at St Andrew, Leyland, Lancashire, conducted by Andrew D Sibson  
Sun 6 Sept 2009 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Cathedral Church of All Saints, Derby, conducted by Philip Rogers  
Sat 11 Feb 2012 Peal on handbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) by the Guildford Diocesan Guild at 8 Holbreck Place, Woking, conducted by Richard A Pearce  
Sat 15 Sept 2012 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal by the Ancient Society of College Youths at All Saints, Loughborough, Leicestershire, conducted by Katherine L Town  
Sat 8 Feb 2014 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4 methods) by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at Holy Cross, Daventry, Northamptonshire, conducted by Richard A Pearce  
Thu 17 Jul 2025 Peal on handbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) by the Guild of St Cuileáin at 26 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Daniel J Page  
Sat 19 Jul 2025 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) at St Michael Archangel, Southampton, Hampshire, conducted by David A Warwick  
Sun 20 Jul 2025 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at St Mary, Moseley, West Midlands, conducted by Oliver C Bates  
Sun 20 Jul 2025 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) at St Anne, Alderney, Alderney, conducted by Daniel J Page  
Sun 20 Jul 2025 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) by the Ancient Society of College Youths at Magdalen College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, conducted by John N Hughes-D'Aeth  
Sun 20 Jul 2025 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) by the Northern Powerhouse Guild at Abbey Church of St Mary and St Germain, Selby, North Yorkshire, conducted by Alex S Riley  
Mon 21 Jul 2025 Peal on towerbells 5120 Spliced Surprise Royal (4m) by the Guild of Devonshire Ringers at St Thomas of Canterbury, Thorverton, Devon, conducted by Matthew J Hilling