North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Wavendon, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 27ž"	Cast by: M & S in 1952
2	Documented weight: 4 - 1 - 22 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of D#/Eb by 14 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: Eb (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



O LORD OPEN THOU OUR LIPS


	19@52

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 312Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 1 cents																						Should be: 314 Hz
Prime: 629Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 7 cents																						Should be: 629 Hz
Tierce: 746Hz, which is Sharp of F#/Gb by 6 cents																						Should be: 742 Hz
Quint: 996Hz, which is Sharp of B by 8 cents																						Should be: 944 Hz
Nominal: 1259Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 14 cents																						Should be: 1259 Hz
Upper Third: 1550Hz, which is Flat of G by 18 cents																						Should be: 1586 Hz
Upper Quint: 1884Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 19 cents																						Should be: 1875 Hz
Upper Octave: 2582Hz, which is Flat of E by 55 cents																						Should be: 2505 Hz