North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Great Linford, St Andrew

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 32½"	Cast by: Joseph Eayre in 1756
2	Documented weight: 7 - 0 - 0 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of C#/Db by 23 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: C# (Dove)

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QUOD SIT SACRA DIES PRIMO DENUNCIO MANE. 1756

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 299Hz, which is Sharp of D by 5 cents																						Should be: 271 Hz
Prime: 488Hz, which is Flat of B by 6 cents																						Should be: 543 Hz
Tierce: 650Hz, which is Flat of E by 9 cents																						Should be: 640 Hz
Quint: 860Hz, which is Flat of A by 20 cents																						Should be: 814 Hz
Nominal: 1086Hz, which is Flat of C#/Db by 23 cents																						Should be: 1086 Hz
Upper Third: 1366Hz, which is Flat of F by 31 cents																						Should be: 1368 Hz
Upper Quint: 1616Hz, which is Flat of G#/Ab by 45 cents																						Should be: 1618 Hz
Upper Octave: 2218Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 1 cents																						Should be: 2161 Hz