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Olney, St Peter & St Paul
Tower:  
Bell:

Diameter: 32"Cast by: Alfred Bowell in 1903
3Documented weight: 6 - 2 - 12 (Weight Board)
Nominal: Flat of D by 21 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)Documented note: D (Weight Board)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription

 
 

BOWELL & SON, FOUNDERS, IPSWICH.

 
 

BEQUEATHED TO THE PARISH OF
OLNEY BY THOMAS EYLES.
? 1903 ?

 
 

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Photos:

History and Archive
The two trebles at Ipswich
1904

Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:

Actual tuning of partialsVariation from Simpson tuning
Hum: 288Hz, which is Flat of D by 6 cents                     Should be: 288 Hz
Prime: 511Hz, which is Flat of C by 12 cents                     Should be: 577 Hz
Tierce: 680Hz, which is Flat of F by 18 cents                     Should be: 680 Hz
Quint: 865Hz, which is Flat of A by 15 cents                     Should be: 865 Hz
Nominal: 1154Hz, which is Flat of D by 21 cents                     Should be: 1154 Hz
Upper Third: 1444Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 36 cents                     Should be: 1454 Hz
Upper Quint: 1722Hz, which is Flat of A by 38 cents                     Should be: 1719 Hz
Upper Octave: 2352Hz, which is Sharp of D by 3 cents                     Should be: 2296 Hz

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