North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Great Linford, St Andrew

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 36ž"	Cast by: Joseph Eayre in 1756
4	Documented weight: 8 - 3 - 13 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of A#/Bb by 22 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: A# (Dove)

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AD TEMPLUM PER ME POPULUS PROPRERARE JUBETUR 1756

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 249Hz, which is Sharp of B by 2 cents																						Should be: 227 Hz
Prime: 435Hz, which is Flat of A by 5 cents																						Should be: 455 Hz
Tierce: 556Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 2 cents																						Should be: 536 Hz
Quint: 731Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 9 cents																						Should be: 682 Hz
Nominal: 910Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 22 cents																						Should be: 910 Hz
Upper Third: 1170Hz, which is Flat of D by 5 cents																						Should be: 1146 Hz
Upper Quint: 1342Hz, which is Sharp of E by 23 cents																						Should be: 1355 Hz
Upper Octave: 1834Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 31 cents																						Should be: 1810 Hz