North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Simpson, St Thomas the Apostle

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 33Ľ"	Cast by: Bartholomew Atton in 1604
5	Documented weight: 6 - 0 - 4 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of B by 23 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: B (Dove)

Inscriptions

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GOD SAVE KING IAMES+ AMEN 1604

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 246Hz, which is Flat of B by 1 cents																						Should be: 241 Hz
Prime: 452Hz, which is Sharp of A by 12 cents																						Should be: 482 Hz
Tierce: 573Hz, which is Flat of D by 14 cents																						Should be: 569 Hz
Quint: 700Hz, which is Sharp of F by 2 cents																						Should be: 723 Hz
Nominal: 965Hz, which is Flat of B by 23 cents																						Should be: 965 Hz
Upper Third: 1138Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 29 cents																						Should be: 1215 Hz
Upper Quint: 1448Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 32 cents																						Should be: 1437 Hz
Upper Octave: 2006Hz, which is Sharp of B by 30 cents																						Should be: 1920 Hz