North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Bletchley, St Mary

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 32½"	Cast by: Abraham Rudhall 1 in 1712
4	Documented weight: 6 - 2 - 10 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of C by 2 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: C (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



AD TEMPLUM PER ME POPULUS PROPERARE MONETUR 1712

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 295Hz, which is Sharp of D by 1 cents																						Should be: 261 Hz
Prime: 482Hz, which is Flat of B by 12 cents																						Should be: 522 Hz
Tierce: 630Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 8 cents																						Should be: 615 Hz
Quint: 850Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 19 cents																						Should be: 783 Hz
Nominal: 1044Hz, which is Flat of C by 2 cents																						Should be: 1044 Hz
Upper Third: 1268Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 23 cents																						Should be: 1315 Hz
Upper Quint: 1538Hz, which is Flat of G by 30 cents																						Should be: 1555 Hz
Upper Octave: 2094Hz, which is Sharp of C by 1 cents																						Should be: 2077 Hz