Preston Surprise Major

Blue Line

Changes

Adjacent
Identity
Jump
Static
Dynamic

Hunt bells

Principle
Hunter
- One
- Multiple
- All

Working bell cycles

Monocyclic
Isocyclic
Differential

Hunter classes

Plain
- Place
- Bob
- Single

Treble Dodging
- Treble Bob
- Delight
- Surprise

Alliance
Treble Place
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

36-56.14.58-58.16-34-58-12-18,12

Leadhead

b 15738264

Divisions

None

Default calls

Near

Method above

Preston Surprise Major

Method below

Preston Surprise Major

FCH Groups

BEac

Accepted extension path

EP3-1EF/2GH

Compositions designed for this method

230

Leads in course

7

Lead length

32

Plain course length

224

Hunt bells

1

Working bells

7

Stationary bells

0

Maximum blows in one place

2

Related Methods

Relationship	Method(s)
Leadend/halflead variant	Junction 31 Surprise Major, Sheffield Surprise Major
Non-conforming extension	Preston Surprise Minor
EP3-1EF/2GH Extension path	Preston Surprise Maximus, [Unnamed] Surprise Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP3-1AB/2FG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP3-1EF/4FG	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP3-4CD/2FG	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP4-2/10:4:4/9:4:2	[Unnamed] Surprise Fourteen, Twenty
EP4-2/12:4:1/9:4:2	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four
EP4-2/5:4:1/11:4:2	Preston Surprise Maximus, [Unnamed] Surprise Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP4-2/5:4:1/9:4:4	[Unnamed] Surprise Maximus, Sixteen, Twenty, Twenty-Four
EP4-2/9:4:4/9:4:2	[Unnamed] Surprise Royal, Maximus, Fourteen, Sixteen, Eighteen, Twenty, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Four

Trivial Variations (1)

Method	Place Notation
Kensington Surprise Major	36-56.14.58-58.16-12-58-34-18,12

Date	Type	Details
Thu 29 Aug 1963	First peal on towerbells	Preston Surprise Major at Willesden by the Middlesex County Association and London Diocesan Guild at Willesden
Thu 27 Oct 2005	First peal on handbells	5088 Preston Surprise Major by the Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild at Clapham Junc, 55d, Cologne Road, London, conducted by Richard A Pearce

Collection	Chapter	Page	Reference
Ringing World (1963)		634
Ringing World (2006)		35
Smith's 23 Surprise Major

Library Details

Library

CCCBR

Notes

Method Id

20048

Created on

Thu 17-May-12 19:32 by Method Importer

Modified on

Thu 17-Oct-19 02:29 by Method Analyser

Published on

Thu 17-May-12 19:32