An occasional series that discusses matters about the state of change ringing on handbells, with some occasional philsophising.
Some time ago, I wrote about the fact that getting started on handbells is easier than getting started on tower bells, because there isn't the difficulty of learning to handle a bell. At the time, I was thinking that bell handling on handbells is almost trivial; certainly I don't...
There was a bit of method history on BellBoard recently. A handbell band rang a peal of Colston Surprise Maximus, which was the first peal of the method as it was originally rung in spliced. I can't remember exactly who told me this, possibly David Brown, but Colston was...
I'm sorry to say that Amazon have increased their production costs for print-on-demand books such as Change-Ringing on Handbells. We have therefore had to increase the price from £20 to £25.50 for Volume 1, and from £25 to £33.50 for Volume 2. There are similar price increases in the...
This week's Ringing World (number 5820) has a lovely review of Volume 2 by Tom Hinks. It begins:
"In this outstanding new volume of Change-Ringing on Handbells, Tina Stoecklin and Simon Gay have distilled their deep experience of learning and teaching handbell ringing into a clear, concise and cogent guide...
We did it! Change-Ringing on Handbells (Volume 2: Advanced Techniques) is now available from Amazon.
Tina and I will be at the Ringing Roadshow 2022 on Sunday 4th September, launching Change-Ringing on Handbells (Volume 2: Advanced Techniques) as well as selling Volume 1 and mugs with the interlocking handbell design. We also look forward to talking to visitors about their experiences of learning to ring...
Tina and I have just booked a stand at the Ringing Roadshow, which is taking place on Sunday 4th September after the Central Council meeting in Nottingham. This gives us a target for the launch of "Change-Ringing on Handbells (Volume 2: Advanced Techniques)", which is nearing completion. It's substantially written...
From time to time we have tried to encourage other ringers to use our blog to write about their progress, or how they overcame certain obstacles, and in general share their experience of learning to ring handbells.
When we started this blog in 2011, neither Simon or I were at...
Today Tina reminded me that blog articles get automatically transferred into Facebook, where we have a "Learn to Ring Handbells" page. I've never been a big Facebook user, and my account is more or less completely blank except that earlier this year I joined the Bellringers group so that I...
BellBoard addicts might already have noticed that Henry Pipe has rung Norman Smith's 23-spliced on handbells. This is a tremendous achievement, all the more so at the age of 13. I had the pleasure of ringing one part for practice, with Henry, David Pipe and Alex Byrne, on our holiday last...