North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Bletchley, St Mary

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 44½"	Cast by: Gillett & Co in 1893
8	Documented weight: 15 - 2 - 6 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of F by 1 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: F (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: 186Hz, which is Sharp of F#/Gb by 1 cents																						Should be: 174 Hz
Prime: 351Hz, which is Sharp of F by 2 cents																						Should be: 348 Hz
Tierce: 418Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 3 cents																						Should be: 411 Hz
Quint: 574Hz, which is Flat of D by 13 cents																						Should be: 522 Hz
Nominal: 697Hz, which is Flat of F by 1 cents																						Should be: 697 Hz
Upper Third: 786Hz, which is Sharp of G by 2 cents																						Should be: 878 Hz
Upper Quint: 1044Hz, which is Flat of C by 2 cents																						Should be: 1038 Hz
Upper Octave: 1446Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 34 cents																						Should be: 1387 Hz