North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Downs Barn, The Cross and Stable

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 21½"	Cast by: Taylor in 1992
3	Documented weight: 2 - 1 - 17 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of A by 1 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: A (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



Te Deum Laudamus Reginald Hereford Bird - Vicar James Farr - Churchwarden 1902

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 440Hz, which is Exactly A																						Should be: 440 Hz
Prime: 882Hz, which is Sharp of A by 2 cents																						Should be: 880 Hz
Tierce: 1038Hz, which is Flat of C by 8 cents																						Should be: 1038 Hz
Quint: 1346Hz, which is Sharp of E by 27 cents																						Should be: 1320 Hz
Nominal: 1761Hz, which is Sharp of A by 1 cents																						Should be: 1761 Hz
Upper Third: 2241Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 24 cents																						Should be: 2218 Hz
Upper Quint: 2634Hz, which is Flat of E by 3 cents																						Should be: 2623 Hz
Upper Octave: 3622Hz, which is Sharp of A by 102 cents																						Should be: 3504 Hz