Stage

Stage - the number of bells being rung to changes, excluding any cover bells.

Stage Names

The stage names for different numbers of changing bells are:-

For odd numbers of bells

• 3 - Singles
• 5 - Doubles
• 7 - Triples
• 9 - Caters
• 11 - Cinques
• 13 - Sextuples
• 15 - Septuples
• 17 - Octuples, etc.

For even numbers of bells

• 4 - Minimus
• 6 - Minor
• 8 - Major
• 10 - Royal
• 12 - Maximus
• 14 - Fourteen
• 16 - Sixteen
• 18 - Eighteen, etc.