North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Broughton, St Lawrence

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 28Ľ"	Cast by: Anthony Chandler in 1655
1	Estimated weight: 4 - 1 - 15 (Based on model)
Nominal: Sharp of C#/Db by 15 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: C# (Recording)

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1655 CHANDLER MADE ME

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 296Hz, which is Sharp of D by 2 cents																						Should be: 281 Hz
Prime: 530Hz, which is Sharp of C by 7 cents																						Should be: 562 Hz
Tierce: 670Hz, which is Sharp of E by 11 cents																						Should be: 663 Hz
Quint: 850Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 19 cents																						Should be: 843 Hz
Nominal: 1124Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 15 cents																						Should be: 1124 Hz