North Bucks bell ringing archive

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North Bucks Bells

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Bletchley, St Mary

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 39½"	Cast by: R Taylor in 1827
7	Documented weight: 10 - 0 - 4 (Dove)
Nominal: Exactly G (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: G (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



R : TAYLOR & SONS : OXFORD. MDCCCXXVII.

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 220Hz, which is Exactly A																						Should be: 196 Hz
Prime: 392Hz, which is Exactly G																						Should be: 392 Hz
Tierce: 480Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 14 cents																						Should be: 462 Hz
Quint: 658Hz, which is Flat of E by 1 cents																						Should be: 588 Hz
Nominal: 784Hz, which is Exactly G																						Should be: 784 Hz
Upper Third: 1013Hz, which is Sharp of B by 25 cents																						Should be: 987 Hz
Upper Quint: 1156Hz, which is Flat of D by 19 cents																						Should be: 1168 Hz
Upper Octave: 1578Hz, which is Sharp of G by 10 cents																						Should be: 1560 Hz