North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Hanslope, St James the Great

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 30"	Cast by: M & S in 1947
2	Documented weight: 5 - 2 - 16 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of D by 9 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: D (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription






DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF A BELOVED VICAR REV: WILLIAM JARDINE HARKNESS, M.A. AND HIS WIFE FRANCES 1892-1929	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: 296Hz, which is Sharp of D by 2 cents																						Should be: 296 Hz
Prime: 592Hz, which is Sharp of D by 5 cents																						Should be: 592 Hz
Tierce: 705Hz, which is Sharp of F by 7 cents																						Should be: 698 Hz
Quint: 930Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 2 cents																						Should be: 888 Hz
Nominal: 1184Hz, which is Sharp of D by 9 cents																						Should be: 1184 Hz
Upper Third: 1567Hz, which is Flat of G by 1 cents																						Should be: 1491 Hz
Upper Quint: 1766Hz, which is Sharp of A by 6 cents																						Should be: 1764 Hz
Upper Octave: 2424Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 65 cents																						Should be: 2356 Hz