The Denmisch Ring
Six Saxilby Simulators were installed in 2007 at the Okehampton home of Denis & Mischa Thompson.
All who visit are made exceptionally welcome and are invariably impressed with the ease of handling and versatility of the installation.
The picture above was taken in December 2007 following a very nice Quarter Peal of Cambridge Surprise Minor (details) conducted by Tony Parry (Campanophile).
In December 2009, the ring was very successfully augmented to 8.
Local ringers christened the augmented ring on 9th Dec 2009 ...
..... and finally?, in December 2010, two more simulators were added to make the Denmisch ring up to 10 ....
... and the ring was christened with a Quarter Peal of Grandsire Caters on New Year's Eve, 2010.
A couple of short video clips can be seen here & here of the very first try-out of the 10 Saxsims.
On 24th July 2011, the BBC sent their regional news team to film the simulators in action. About 60 ringers gave their enthusiastic support and ringing continued non-stop from noon until 5pm. Mischa produced a wonderful buffet lunch. The BBC presenter, John Henderson, made a good job of sifting through all the recorded material and the Denmisch Ring was featured very positively in the SPOTLIGHT program at 6.30pm the following day.
Mischa is keen to have lots of visitors come and enjoy the Denmisch Ring.
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Saxsim website last updated February 2012