North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Hanslope, St James the Great

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 29"	Cast by: M & S in 1947
1	Documented weight: 5 - 0 - 9 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of D#/Eb by 19 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: Eb (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription






DEDICATED TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE AND ALL WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE TWO GREAT WARS 1814-1918 1939-1945	MEARS & STAINBANK, LONDON, FOUNDERS, 1947

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 300Hz, which is Sharp of D by 6 cents																						Should be: 316 Hz
Prime: 630Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 8 cents																						Should be: 632 Hz
Tierce: 754Hz, which is Sharp of F#/Gb by 14 cents																						Should be: 745 Hz
Quint: 987Hz, which is Flat of B by 1 cents																						Should be: 948 Hz
Nominal: 1264Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 19 cents																						Should be: 1264 Hz
Upper Third: 1624Hz, which is Flat of G#/Ab by 37 cents																						Should be: 1592 Hz
Upper Quint: 1876Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 11 cents																						Should be: 1883 Hz
Upper Octave: 2558Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 69 cents																						Should be: 2515 Hz