Bellatrix Surprise Maximus

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
36-7T.18-9T.50.36.14-70.145T.36-9T.30.18-18.9T-18-ET,1T
Leadhead
l 1648203T5E79
Divisions
None
Default calls
Near
Method above
Orion Surprise Maximus
Method below
Bellatrix Surprise Maximus
FCH Groups
/Ec
Accepted extension path
Compositions designed for this method
18
Leads in course
11
Lead length
48
Plain course length
528
Hunt bells
1
Working bells
11
Stationary bells
0
Maximum blows in one place
2
Music score (default scheme)
♫ 131
Performances
Date Type Details
Thu 17 Jan 1991 First peal on towerbells Bellatrix Surprise Maximus at Cathedral, Birmingham at Cathedral, Birmingham
Thu 21 Aug 2025 First inclusion in a peal on handbells 5136 Spliced Surprise Maximus (8m) by the Arfnarf Society at 26 Redlands Road, Reading, Berkshire, conducted by Jack E Page