North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Bletchley, St Mary

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 33ž"	Cast by: Taylor in 1924
5	Documented weight: 7 - 1 - 5 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of A#/Bb by 1 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: Bb (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 233Hz, which is Exactly A#/Bb																						Should be: 232 Hz
Prime: 464Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 2 cents																						Should be: 465 Hz
Tierce: 556Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 2 cents																						Should be: 549 Hz
Quint: 690Hz, which is Flat of F by 8 cents																						Should be: 698 Hz
Nominal: 931Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 1 cents																						Should be: 931 Hz
Upper Third: 1174Hz, which is Flat of D by 1 cents																						Should be: 1173 Hz
Upper Quint: 1390Hz, which is Flat of F by 7 cents																						Should be: 1387 Hz
Upper Octave: 1916Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 51 cents																						Should be: 1852 Hz