| 0 |
Perfect Ringing |
Complete absence of any fire up whatsoever. |
| 1 |
Mild Inaccuracies |
Slight furrowing of face of the Conductor’s brow. Conductor says “Keep them moving”. |
| 2 |
Small Trip |
Frown on face of Conductor. Conductor says “Come along now”. |
| 3 |
Bigger Trip |
Conductor begins to glare. Conductor says “Finnish it” quite loudly. |
| 4 |
Light crunching
involving 2 or more bells |
Conductor begins to go red. May shout “Paul” or some other band member’s name. |
| 5 |
Heavier crunching
involving 3 or more bells |
One end of change begins to disappear. Conductor begins to stamp foot and shout coursing order. Conductor now crimson. |
| 6 |
Full crunching
involving at least half the band |
First bell on wrong stroke. Conductor now purple with vein standing out on forehead. First obscenity uttered. Light damage to composition. |
| 7 |
Light Firing |
Half the band now striking at once. At least 2 bells on the wrong stroke. Conductor now doing full Morris dancing / village idiot impression. Instructions now incoherent. |
| 8 |
Heavy Firing |
Most of the band now striking together. At least 3 bells on the wrong stroke. Ringing now beyond engineering capabilities of Conductor. Structural damage to composition. |
| 9 |
Storm Force Firing |
All but one band member now striking together (called a “Whoomph Ping”). At least half the band on the wrong stroke. Terminal damage to composition. |
| 10 |
Heavy Storm Force Firing |
Near total absence of striking. A “wall of ropes”. Conductor considers saying “Stand”. |
| 11 |
Hurricane Force Firing |
Complete absence of striking whatsoever. Conductor says “Stand”, grudgingly. |