My guess is it’s an attempt to improve the sound of the trebles in the ringing chamber and create a greater separation between them and the back bells.
@jasnfinlay that is bery plausible and if they also ad large diameter pipes from the Trebles it would mean they would be audible in the ringing room. I know at St Andrew Cathedral in Sydney they are a really good 10 but when they ring 12 the Trebles simply get drowned out.
Yes - the floor has been opened up below the trebles to make them clearly audible in the ringing chamber, the boarding is to stop the tenors shouting down the same holes!
They're all very easy to ring and friendly handling. Acoustically the trebles are very clear in the ringing chamber, although they are drowned out by the back bells in this recording.
They have been tuned perfectly and john taylor do a very good job with tuning
This was probably one of the best ringing events I've attended this year so far.
Same here
Rang here last Thursday night practice, lovely bells.
Oh they are. When I was there, I was in the sound test for the judges. So was lucky to get a grab. They are lovely bells indeed!
@@JamesJoynson what was it like judging for the 12 eliminator? Or were just listening to the bells?
@@RingerOliver59 He rang in the sound check, a short burst of ringing to check the audio feed is working and the judges can hear the ringing
How was portsmouth overall? I was Bristol and it wasn't too bad overall!
Yes it was good thanks. Had great fun. Got a grab as well, lovely bells to ring!
@@JamesJoynson nice interesting how the trebles are behind like a fence or something like that
Two bells are boxed in with plywood, I wonder what the reason is.
My guess is it’s an attempt to improve the sound of the trebles in the ringing chamber and create a greater separation between them and the back bells.
@jasnfinlay that is bery plausible and if they also ad large diameter pipes from the Trebles it would mean they would be audible in the ringing room.
I know at St Andrew Cathedral in Sydney they are a really good 10 but when they ring 12 the Trebles simply get drowned out.
Yes - the floor has been opened up below the trebles to make them clearly audible in the ringing chamber, the boarding is to stop the tenors shouting down the same holes!
@@matthewhigby well that makes sense.
I guess the front 2 are flighty
They're all very easy to ring and friendly handling. Acoustically the trebles are very clear in the ringing chamber, although they are drowned out by the back bells in this recording.
@francescogreenslade7793 it looks alike 2 levels bc I cant see the 2
@@Owentheringer2024_ytit is behind the boarding behind the tenor.
But where's the 3 then
@@francescogreenslade7793 I can only see 11 bells