Harry Sear's band Astwood's bell frame Bletchley's bells in the churchyard Old Bradwell band Calverton's old church Thornborough re-hang Olney's bells Astwood church in the snow Downs Barn installation Newport sub-web
North Bucks Branch Archive Project

Main Branch site:

Branch site

The Branch web site contains up to date information about ringing in North Bucks. Much of the information formerly in this site can now be found there.


Latest on this site:

Correction of Old Bradwell harmonics and trapezoid measurements and addition of inscriptions and photos of bells - April 2025
Adjustment of trapezoid image scaling to show top of long waisted bells - April 2025
New photos of Emberton's bells, treble inscription and 1899-1901 timeline adjusted - May 2025


BellDocumented NoteDocumented Note SourceRecorded NoteRecorded WeightEstimated WeightDiameterFounderMP3
1F#Dove 2 - 2 - 243 - 0 - 124Michael de Wymbis in 1310

Inscriptions:

MICHAEL:DE:WYMBIS:MEFECIT
 
 
Trapezoids

How does the shape of this bell compare to others in the ring?


Here, the shape of all the bells are compared by reducing their size so they all have the same radius at the soundbow.
Then we can see if the founder made bells taller, wider or the same shape as different sized bells were created.

Photos
 Treble headstock crack
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Tonal Analysis
Is this bell in tune with itself?
ToneFrequency (Hz)Tuning
Hum432292
Prime636-239
Tierce89247
Quint1224195
Nominal14600
Upper Third1803-21
Upper Quint2152-30
Upper Octave294012

This shows each harmonic relative to what it should be relative to the Nominal
taking Simpson Tuning as an ideal.
A positive figure shows that the harmonic is sharp, a negative figure shows that it is flat. There are 100 cents between notes on the scale.
Nominal:1460Hz
Flat of F#/Gb by 20 cents