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: 28"	Cast by: Taylor in 1992
7	Documented weight: 4 - 2 - 11 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of D by 1 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: D (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



Church Ministers: P. Green 1980-1991 R. Parrett 1991- Church Officers: A. Head R. Cross

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 295Hz, which is Sharp of D by 1 cents																						Should be: 294 Hz
Prime: 588Hz, which is Sharp of D by 1 cents																						Should be: 588 Hz
Tierce: 698Hz, which is Exactly F																						Should be: 693 Hz
Quint: 888Hz, which is Sharp of A by 8 cents																						Should be: 882 Hz
Nominal: 1176Hz, which is Sharp of D by 1 cents																						Should be: 1176 Hz
Upper Third: 1544Hz, which is Flat of G by 24 cents																						Should be: 1481 Hz
Upper Quint: 1760Hz, which is Exactly A																						Should be: 1752 Hz
Upper Octave: 2424Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 65 cents																						Should be: 2340 Hz