North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Chicheley, St Laurence

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 45"	Cast by: Abraham Rudhall II in 1718
6	Documented weight: 16 - 2 - 0 (Recording)
Nominal: Sharp of F by 18 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: F (Recording)

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IN MULTIS ANNIS RESONET CAMPANA IOHANIS A * R 1718

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 200Hz, which is Sharp of G by 4 cents																						Should be: 179 Hz
Prime: 360Hz, which is Sharp of F by 11 cents																						Should be: 358 Hz
Tierce: 439Hz, which is Flat of A by 1 cents																						Should be: 422 Hz
Quint: 588Hz, which is Sharp of D by 1 cents																						Should be: 537 Hz
Nominal: 716Hz, which is Sharp of F by 18 cents																						Should be: 716 Hz
Upper Third: 902Hz, which is Sharp of A by 22 cents																						Should be: 902 Hz
Upper Quint: 1054Hz, which is Sharp of C by 8 cents																						Should be: 1066 Hz
Upper Octave: 1436Hz, which is Sharp of F by 39 cents																						Should be: 1424 Hz