The Bells of York Minster

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  • Опубліковано 23 бер 2013
  • I recently had the very great pleasure of attending a York Minster practice night and ringing these magnificent bells. They were cast in 1925 by Taylors and are absolutely magnificent. Being taken up to the belfry was just phenomenal, and I'm pleased with how the results came out. Hope you enjoy the video as much as I did making it and ringing on these fine fine bells :-D
    Tenor 59-1-23 in Bflat
    dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?s...
    0:10 Yorkshire Max
    1:54 Bristol Max
    3:33 The Back 10 in the Belfry
    3:49 The 12 in the Belfry, Rounds and Stedman Cinques
    5:13 On the balcony between the two towers, just below the louvres. Still Stedman Cinques and a night view over York
    5:44 I also got to go and see Great Peter, (216-2-22 in Eflat, 1927 Taylors) - you can hear the 12 ringing in the background (Stedman Cinques still!!) but the 12's acoustics weren't great in there with Gt Peter
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  • @patrickmeyer2802
    @patrickmeyer2802 8 років тому +4

    it's bells like this that make want to go and ring on any day of the week. They are definitely on the list

  • @lynnwarren6527
    @lynnwarren6527 5 років тому +4

    Love hearing the bells

  • @morbius109
    @morbius109 5 років тому +7

    Glorious, majestic sound! I love it.

  • @Peyethon
    @Peyethon 6 років тому +4

    I love hearing this sound!

  • @adriansunman51
    @adriansunman51 11 років тому +4

    They are fantastic bells and it gives me great pleasure to hear them on the occasions when I'm visiting York and they're ringing. I think their tonal quality is partly down to them being Taylor's bells and partly due to them being cast as a ring of twelve.

  • @pgnutter
    @pgnutter 11 років тому +3

    Great video and great ringing. Nice one.

  • @simonbellringer
    @simonbellringer  11 років тому +3

    Many thanks. I have a Nikon Coolpix S9200 and yes, it did a magnificent job in the belfry :)

  • @simonbellringer
    @simonbellringer  11 років тому +2

    Many thanks, yes, I think I chose a couple of slightly different filming positions to most (so the tenor ringers weren't so visible, lol) and that worked. :-)
    Ringing here was by far and away the highlight of the 3 days I spent in York. Going up to see the bells especially was phenomenal, nothing more and nothing less, and the camera did well up there :-)

  • @simonbellringer
    @simonbellringer  11 років тому +3

    Many thanks. Was really great, and I picked a good evening to go (not too many people there) so got a fair ring too :-)

  • @maidstone10
    @maidstone10 11 років тому +2

    Love this video - great overall aspect of the ringing room - perhaps the best I have seen on a youtube clip of York

  • @YulianNoldor
    @YulianNoldor 11 років тому +6

    Lovely set of bells, well rung :)

  • @simonbellringer
    @simonbellringer  10 років тому +10

    I too am non-religious but the bells are just stunning!!

  • @simonbellringer
    @simonbellringer  11 років тому +5

    They are truly top-class - Taylor's showpiece ring, and rightly so - and it was a great pleasure to ring here and participate in - and listen to - some really high quality stuff. I just loved Stedman Cinques on these. Just heavenly!!

  • @CHARLES202able
    @CHARLES202able 10 років тому +9

    I'm not very religious but I just love the bells!

  • @simonbellringer
    @simonbellringer  11 років тому +2

    Thanks Steve. Whitechapel can cast some good stuff - Bow for instance, and Liverpool Cath are lovely but the acoustics are not - but these are just top drawer. They are superb. To hear them, especially the slightly-dominating back 4, in the ringing room being rung to Bristol Max like they were here was just a privelege to listen to. And it is phenomenal in the belfry, nothing less!!

  • @Orgelix
    @Orgelix 11 років тому +2

    Great video! Wich camera do you have? The sound is awsome!!!!

  • @Steven_Rowe
    @Steven_Rowe 11 років тому

    Simon your correct Whitechapel do have some nice rings but as my Dad ex bell hanger for whitechapel said, Taylors for tenors and whitechapel for trebles, I think he was right. Also the fact is that bells are as only as good as the tower and the surrounds and York is brilliant. You know it would be interesting if Liverpool Cathedral bells were in the other tower what they would sound like. If only they could spend the money on Liverpool for better accoustics they would sound amazing I think

  • @okio1886
    @okio1886 8 років тому +1

    I Love Great Peter Is It Ring ing?

  • @Steven_Rowe
    @Steven_Rowe 11 років тому

    Thanks Simon, excellent video indeed. Some one once asked if Yorkminster would sound as good if cast by Whitechapel a company I have a HUGE heart for. The answer in my opinion is NO. Taylor tenors are simply the best and York Tenor is unique, I don't even think any other Taylor tenor comes close to it. Yorkminster is the finest ring in the world. A heavenly warm sound, they glow and have so much depth to them.
    And to hear them rung by experts is simply BEAUTIFUL.

    • @FranzFerdinandVIII
      @FranzFerdinandVIII 5 років тому

      As for me, Gillett & Johnston is my favorite bell foundry because of Riverside Church NYC, but I do NOT want to offend others

    • @FrancescoBellringer
      @FrancescoBellringer 2 роки тому

      @@FranzFerdinandVIII Gillet and Johnston were very very good, though I think they were better at smaller rings (up to about 20cwt). I don't think they would've gotten close had they cast a ring similar to York Minster.

  • @binzeboo
    @binzeboo 4 роки тому

    I like the model in the middle where do you get it from

    • @simonbellringer
      @simonbellringer  4 роки тому +1

      I have no idea - but it looks to me like that was custom-made!

  • @giand8680
    @giand8680 5 років тому

    How... How can they have perfect cordination?

    • @simonbellringer
      @simonbellringer  5 років тому

      Years and years of practice and attention to detail!

  • @Steven_Rowe
    @Steven_Rowe 7 років тому +2

    Now they all got the tin tack.
    a new head bell ringer to be employed
    Hope he is not from Notre Dame with a hunch back and deaf

    • @davros_adl8155
      @davros_adl8155 Рік тому

      I've heard it's not so impossible to get a ring here anymore.

  • @annapowell6641
    @annapowell6641 8 років тому +1

    for some reson i like york minster's bellss probly becoz they prjuse alovley loud hevey mjestic sound

  • @irfrapg
    @irfrapg 7 років тому +3

    Auful what they have done