North Bucks bell ringing archive

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North Bucks Bells

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Beachampton, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 25½"	Cast by: Gillett & Johnston in 1912
1	Documented weight: 3 - 1 - 3 (Weight Board)
Nominal: Sharp of D#/Eb by 2 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: D# (Weight Board)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



CAST BY GILLETT & JOHNSTON CROYDON

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: 311 Hz
Prime: 626Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 4 cents																						Should be: 623 Hz
Tierce: 759Hz, which is Sharp of F#/Gb by 19 cents																						Should be: 735 Hz
Quint: 934Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 2 cents																						Should be: 935 Hz
Nominal: 1247Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 2 cents																						Should be: 1247 Hz
Upper Third: 1604Hz, which is Sharp of G by 36 cents																						Should be: 1571 Hz
Upper Quint: 1860Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 5 cents																						Should be: 1858 Hz
Upper Octave: 2560Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 71 cents																						Should be: 2481 Hz