Bedford Surprise Minor

also known as Royal Star Surprise (H Chant 1965 index)
Blue Line
Properties
Changes
  • Adjacent
  • Identity
  • Jump
  • Static
  • Dynamic
  • Cross
  • Pure
  • Penultimate
  • Touching Places
Hunt bells
  • Principle
  • Hunter
    • One
    • Multiple
    • All
Working bell cycles
  • Monocyclic
  • Isocyclic
  • Differential
Hunter classes
  • Plain
    • Place
    • Bob
    • Single
  • Alliance
  • Treble Place
  • Treble Dodging
    • Treble Bob
    • Delight
    • Surprise
  • Hybrid
  • Little
Symmetry
  • Asymmetric
  • Palindromic
  • Double
  • Rotational
  • Offset
Leadheads
  • Plain Bob
  • Grandsire
  • Original
  • Cyclic
  • Rounds
Course properties
  • True plain course
  • True leads
  • Right place
  • Uneven parity
  • Layered
Place notation
-34-14-12-36-14-56,16
Leadhead
146532
Divisions
None
Default calls
Far
Method above
Stamford Surprise Minor
Method below
Cambridge Surprise Minor
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
2
Leads in course
5
Lead length
24
Plain course length
120
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
5
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 27
Performances
Date Type Details
Fri 6 Dec 1974 First peal on towerbells Bedford Surprise Minor at East Woodhay by the Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild at East Woodhay
Tue 28 Mar 2000 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5040 Spliced Surprise Minor (19m) by the Hertford County Association at 23 Gilpin Green, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, conducted by Bernard H Taylor
Fri 18 Jun 2021 LongLength on handbells 30240 Spliced Treble Dodging Minor (212m) by the Society of Royal Cumberland Youths at 26 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Jack E Page
Thu 28 Apr 2022 First quarter peal on keyboards 1320 Bedford Surprise Minor by the The Bellerophons at Ringing Room, UK, conducted by Richard A Wolfgang