North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Bletchley, St Mary

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 29½"	Cast by: Abraham Rudhall 1 in 1712
3	Documented weight: 5 - 1 - 26 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of D by 5 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: D (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



QUOD SIT SACRA DIES PRIMO DENUNTIO MANE A:R 1712

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 305Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 6 cents																						Should be: 292 Hz
Prime: 518Hz, which is Flat of C by 5 cents																						Should be: 585 Hz
Tierce: 689Hz, which is Flat of F by 9 cents																						Should be: 690 Hz
Quint: 898Hz, which is Sharp of A by 18 cents																						Should be: 877 Hz
Nominal: 1170Hz, which is Flat of D by 5 cents																						Should be: 1170 Hz
Upper Third: 1407Hz, which is Sharp of F by 10 cents																						Should be: 1474 Hz
Upper Quint: 1755Hz, which is Flat of A by 5 cents																						Should be: 1743 Hz
Upper Octave: 2419Hz, which is Sharp of D by 70 cents																						Should be: 2328 Hz