North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Bletchley, St Mary

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 35½"	Cast by: R Stainbank in 1867
6	Documented weight: 7 - 3 - 4 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of A by 2 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: A (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



ROBERT STAINBANK, FOUNDER, LONDON, 1867

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 237Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 4 cents																						Should be: 219 Hz
Prime: 424Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 9 cents																						Should be: 439 Hz
Tierce: 534Hz, which is Sharp of C by 11 cents																						Should be: 518 Hz
Quint: 683Hz, which is Flat of F by 15 cents																						Should be: 658 Hz
Nominal: 878Hz, which is Flat of A by 2 cents																						Should be: 878 Hz
Upper Third: 995Hz, which is Sharp of B by 7 cents																						Should be: 1106 Hz
Upper Quint: 1304Hz, which is Flat of E by 15 cents																						Should be: 1308 Hz
Upper Octave: 1796Hz, which is Sharp of A by 36 cents																						Should be: 1747 Hz