North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Stowe, The Assumption of St Mary the Virgin

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 28"	Cast by: Taylor in 1988
1	Documented weight: 4 - 3 - 0 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of D by 34 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: D (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: 302Hz, which is Sharp of D by 8 cents																						Should be: 302 Hz
Prime: 605Hz, which is Sharp of D by 18 cents																						Should be: 604 Hz
Tierce: 720Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 20 cents																						Should be: 713 Hz
Quint: 922Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 10 cents																						Should be: 906 Hz
Nominal: 1209Hz, which is Sharp of D by 34 cents																						Should be: 1209 Hz
Upper Third: 1564Hz, which is Flat of G by 4 cents																						Should be: 1523 Hz
Upper Quint: 1804Hz, which is Sharp of A by 44 cents																						Should be: 1801 Hz
Upper Octave: 2474Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 15 cents																						Should be: 2405 Hz