North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Great Linford, St Andrew

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 35"	Cast by: Joseph Eayre in 1756
3	Documented weight: 8 - 0 - 7 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of B by 21 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: B (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



DET SONITUM PLENUM DEUS ET MODULAMEN AMAENUM J: EAYRE ST NEOTS FECIT. 1756.

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 242Hz, which is Flat of B by 5 cents																						Should be: 241 Hz
Prime: 448Hz, which is Sharp of A by 8 cents																						Should be: 483 Hz
Tierce: 575Hz, which is Flat of D by 12 cents																						Should be: 570 Hz
Quint: 711Hz, which is Sharp of F by 13 cents																						Should be: 725 Hz
Nominal: 967Hz, which is Flat of B by 21 cents																						Should be: 967 Hz
Upper Third: 1230Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 15 cents																						Should be: 1218 Hz
Upper Quint: 1446Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 34 cents																						Should be: 1440 Hz
Upper Octave: 1989Hz, which is Sharp of B by 13 cents																						Should be: 1924 Hz