North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Bletchley, St Mary

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 28"	Cast by: Abraham Rudhall 1 in 1713
2	Documented weight: 4 - 3 - 1 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of E by 7 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: E (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



NOW PEACE & GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD A:R 1713

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 346Hz, which is Flat of F by 3 cents																						Should be: 328 Hz
Prime: 554Hz, which is Exactly C#/Db																						Should be: 656 Hz
Tierce: 768Hz, which is Flat of G by 16 cents																						Should be: 774 Hz
Quint: 1030Hz, which is Flat of C by 16 cents																						Should be: 984 Hz
Nominal: 1312Hz, which is Flat of E by 7 cents																						Should be: 1312 Hz
Upper Third: 1545Hz, which is Flat of G by 23 cents																						Should be: 1653 Hz
Upper Quint: 1958Hz, which is Flat of B by 18 cents																						Should be: 1954 Hz
Upper Octave: 2686Hz, which is Sharp of E by 49 cents																						Should be: 2610 Hz