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
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Corrections to analysis of bell harmonics at Wavendon and Great Linford - June 2022


BellDocumented NoteDocumented Note SourceRecorded NoteRecorded WeightEstimated WeightDiameterFounderMP3
2  C#/Db - - 4 - 2 - 1229Taylor in 1839

Inscriptions:

TAYLOR OXFORD 1839
 
 
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
 Here we see the mixture of inscriptions on the Taylor Loughborough bell. It is quite likely that this is when the bells were last re-hung and represents the date of all of the headstocks and fittings.
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Tonal Analysis
Is this bell in tune with itself?
ToneFrequency (Hz)Tuning
Hum28220
Prime57244
Tierce67429
Quint87478
Nominal11150
Upper Third1484109
Upper Quint1652-21
Upper Octave226225

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:1115Hz
Sharp of C#/Db by 6 cents