North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Hanslope, St James the Great

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 37½"	Cast by: Alfred Bowell in 1906
6	Documented weight: 9 - 2 - 10 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of G by 16 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: G (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



GOD SAVE KYNG CHARLS 1625


RECAST BY BOWELL OF IPSWICH 1906

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Photos:

History and Archive

New Bells by West Door

1906

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 222Hz, which is Sharp of A by 2 cents																						Should be: 200 Hz
Prime: 418Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 3 cents																						Should be: 400 Hz
Tierce: 488Hz, which is Flat of B by 6 cents																						Should be: 472 Hz
Quint: 664Hz, which is Sharp of E by 5 cents																						Should be: 600 Hz
Nominal: 800Hz, which is Sharp of G by 16 cents																						Should be: 800 Hz
Upper Third: 1048Hz, which is Sharp of C by 2 cents																						Should be: 1008 Hz
Upper Quint: 1186Hz, which is Sharp of D by 11 cents																						Should be: 1192 Hz
Upper Octave: 1624Hz, which is Flat of G#/Ab by 37 cents																						Should be: 1592 Hz