North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Simpson, St Thomas the Apostle

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 24?"	Cast by: Alfred Bowell in 1926
1	Documented weight: 3 - 2 - 14 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of F#/Gb by 26 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: F# (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



ALFRED BOWELL, FOUNDER, IPSWICH, 1926


J. T. LAWSON, RECTOR. J. G. BLISS, J. M. JESSIMAN, CH.WDNS. C.W. SMITH, MASTER . OF . THIS . TOWER . GOT . ME

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 395Hz, which is Sharp of G by 3 cents																						Should be: 363 Hz
Prime: 680Hz, which is Flat of F by 18 cents																						Should be: 727 Hz
Tierce: 872Hz, which is Flat of A by 8 cents																						Should be: 857 Hz
Quint: 1272Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 27 cents																						Should be: 1090 Hz
Nominal: 1454Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 26 cents																						Should be: 1454 Hz
Upper Third: 1788Hz, which is Sharp of A by 28 cents																						Should be: 1832 Hz
Upper Quint: 2148Hz, which is Sharp of C by 55 cents																						Should be: 2166 Hz
Upper Octave: 2918Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 42 cents																						Should be: 2893 Hz