W.A. Thow's 1984 publication entitled "The Rings of
Twelve" listed details of some 85 such rings. The intervening
years have seen twelve-bell ringing continue to flourish in
many centres and through subsequent augmentations, the total
number now stands at 137. |
Until 1991 Twelve was the maximum number of bells used in a
diatonic change-ringing instrument; in that year the first augmentation
beyond twelve was realised with the installation of a ring of
Sixteen at St Martin's Birmingham. Two further Sixteens now
exist: at Perth (Western Australia) and Christ Church Cathedral,
Dublin, as does a ring of Fourteen at Winchester Cathedral. |
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