North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Stony Stratford, St Giles

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 27½"	Cast by: Taylor in 1923
2	Documented weight: 4 - 1 - 14 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of E by 27 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: E (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 324Hz, which is Flat of E by 6 cents																						Should be: 323 Hz
Prime: 648Hz, which is Flat of E by 11 cents																						Should be: 646 Hz
Tierce: 772Hz, which is Flat of G by 12 cents																						Should be: 762 Hz
Quint: 974Hz, which is Flat of B by 14 cents																						Should be: 969 Hz
Nominal: 1292Hz, which is Flat of E by 27 cents																						Should be: 1292 Hz
Upper Third: 1598Hz, which is Sharp of G by 30 cents																						Should be: 1627 Hz
Upper Quint: 1915Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 50 cents																						Should be: 1925 Hz
Upper Octave: 2614Hz, which is Flat of E by 23 cents																						Should be: 2571 Hz