Moulsoe | The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary | 4 |
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Unringable. Wheels fallen apart. |
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Fastest peal
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Longest peal(s)
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Branch events here:
May 16, 2009 | Wedding | Bells unlikely as unringable |
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Description | Here we see James Keenes decorated IK stamps on the treble. The date of 1640 makes it one of his latest in this area. |
Approx Date | 1998 |
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Who has circled the tower to peals:
Who has rung the most peals here:
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1 | | | Flat of D#/Eb by 20 cents | - - | 28¼ | James Keene in 1640 |
2 | | | Sharp of C#/Db by 6 cents | - - | 29 | Taylor in 1839 |
3 | | | Sharp of A#/Bb by 24 cents | - - | 32¼ | Taylor in 1839 |
4 | | | Flat of A by 20 cents | - - | 35½ | Taylor in 1839 |
The figures below show the difference, in cents, between each bell and what it should be to be in tune with the tenor.
A positive figure shows that the bell is sharp, a negative figure shows that it is flat. There are 100 cents between notes on the scale.
History of bells in this tower:
1 of 4, James Keene, 1640 | |
| 2 of 4, W & J Taylor, 1839 |
| 3 of 4, W & J Taylor, 1839 |
| 4 of 4, W & J Taylor, 1839 |
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Classification from "Bellframes - A Practical Guide to Inspection and Recording - C J Pickford 1993"
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