5152 Spliced Surprise Major
Composed by Robert W Lee, rearranged
5,152 Spliced Surprise Major (3 methods)
Robert W Lee, rerranged
23456  M  W  H  Methods   
43652  -        CYC.NYNY
56234  -  -     NCY.C.YCN
23564     -  -  YNYN.CYC.
52364        -  CNCYNYN.
35264        -  NYNYCNC.  

Repeat four times, omitting 3H and associated leads in the fourth part.
Contains 1,792 Yorkshire; 1,728 Lincolnshire (N); 1,632 Cambridge; with 148 changes of method and all the work of each method for every bell.

Rearrangement was based on what turns out to be an incorrect (but still true) publication in the Ringing World and is in fact only shortening by omitting 3H in fourth part instead of calling B, H for first 3 courses of one part. This does give a very marginal (subjective) increase in music but results in an inferior method balance and longer length. 

This composition was rung on Saturday, 23 September 2017 at Bray.