North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Buckingham, St Peter & St Paul

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 38Ѕ"	Cast by: Chapman & Mears in 1782
4	Documented weight: 8 - 1 - 0 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of A by 7 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: A (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



SUCH WOND'ROUS POWER TO MUSICK'S GIVEN IT ELEVATES THE SOUL TO HEAVEN CHAPMAN & MEARS OF LONDON FECERUNT 1782

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Photos:

History and Archive

Newspaper image

1954

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 249Hz, which is Sharp of B by 2 cents																						Should be: 218 Hz
Prime: 414Hz, which is Flat of G#/Ab by 1 cents																						Should be: 436 Hz
Tierce: 532Hz, which is Sharp of C by 9 cents																						Should be: 515 Hz
Quint: 710Hz, which is Sharp of F by 12 cents																						Should be: 654 Hz
Nominal: 873Hz, which is Flat of A by 7 cents																						Should be: 873 Hz
Upper Third: 1154Hz, which is Flat of D by 21 cents																						Should be: 1099 Hz
Upper Quint: 1288Hz, which is Flat of E by 31 cents																						Should be: 1300 Hz
Upper Octave: 1756Hz, which is Flat of A by 4 cents																						Should be: 1737 Hz