North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Buckingham, St Peter & St Paul

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 41ѕ"	Cast by: Chapman & Mears in 1782
5	Documented weight: 10 - 3 - 0 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of G by 8 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: G (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



* MUSICK IS MEDICINE TO THE MIND 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: 235Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 2 cents																						Should be: 198 Hz
Prime: 390Hz, which is Flat of G by 2 cents																						Should be: 396 Hz
Tierce: 490Hz, which is Flat of B by 4 cents																						Should be: 467 Hz
Quint: 668Hz, which is Sharp of E by 9 cents																						Should be: 594 Hz
Nominal: 792Hz, which is Sharp of G by 8 cents																						Should be: 792 Hz
Upper Third: 1077Hz, which is Sharp of C by 31 cents																						Should be: 997 Hz
Upper Quint: 1155Hz, which is Flat of D by 20 cents																						Should be: 1180 Hz
Upper Octave: 1566Hz, which is Flat of G by 2 cents																						Should be: 1576 Hz