5024 Spliced Surprise Major (8m)
Composed by Noel J Diserens
640 each Bristol, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative and Yorkshire, 608 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire and London, atw.
5,024 Spliced Surprise Major (4–8 methods)
Noel J Diserens
23456    M  B  W  H   4 Methods            8 Methods      
45236          -  -   LS.CSC.              LC.CSP.
34256   [3]    -      LS.CSC             * L.B.B.S.R
52643    -     -      L.C.L                L.Y.
46325    -     -      SSC.C.SSS             PRNC.N.YYS
62345          2      LS.B.L               YNPY.B.L
43526    -     -      L.C.CSC              L.S.R
32654    2  -         L.B.BBB.CS           R.B.BBB.CS
25346       -         SS.SC                YS.SC
54263    2     2      L.B.LLLLL.B.L        L.B.RLLLR.B.L
46532       -         CS.SS                CS.SY
32465       -  2      SC.BBB.B.L           SC.BBB.B.R
64523    -     -      CSC.C.L              R.S.L
34625    2            L.B.SL               L.B.YPNY
26543    -     -      SSS.C.CSS            SYY.C.
45362    -     -      L.C.L                 CNRP.Y.L
23564    -    [3] -   CSC.SL.              R.S.B.B.L.
53462    -            CSC.SL               PSC.CL
43265    -            CSC.SL               NCN.NL
52364    -        -   CSC.CL.              YYS.PR.
65324          -  3   CSCS.SSC.B.B.        RC.PPP.B.PPRCN.
35264          2  -   SL.B.L.              SL.B.R.
25634    -  -     -   CSC.CLCS.BBBB.       CNN.YPRY.NS.
24536       -  -  -   BBBB.SCLC.CSC.       SN.YRPY.NNC.
26435    2        -   L.B.LS.              R.B.LS.
64235             2   B.B.                 NCRPP.B.
52436    -        -   CSS.SCSC.            PPP.CR.
35426          -      LC.CSC               RP.SYY
23456          -      LS.CSC               LN.NCN           
Omit both blocks of [3] in 4 method peal which is a perfect palindrome.
The 4 method arrangement contains contains 1600 Superlative, 1536 Cambridge, 1056 London, and 832 Bristol, 111 com, all the work, and 39 cru's. The 8 method arrangement contains 640 each Bristol, Pudsey, Rutland, Superlative and Yorkshire, 608 each Cambridge, Lincolnshire (N) and London, 120 com, all the work, and 59 cru's.

Published in The Ringing World (1969, page 677) and A Collection of Compositions of Spliced Surprise (1996).

Rotated to start at *, in order to obtain 19 5678s, queens and backrounds.

This composition was rung on Wednesday, 21 March 2018 at Ipswich.