North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Olney, St Peter & St Paul

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 35½"	Cast by: Hugh Watts I in 1599
6	Documented weight: 7 - 2 - 17 (Weight Board)
Nominal: Flat of A by 20 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: A (Weight Board)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



# GOD @ SAVE ? THE @ QUEENE 15??

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 216Hz, which is Flat of A by 4 cents																						Should be: 215 Hz
Prime: 426Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 11 cents																						Should be: 430 Hz
Tierce: 518Hz, which is Flat of C by 5 cents																						Should be: 507 Hz
Quint: 612Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 10 cents																						Should be: 645 Hz
Nominal: 860Hz, which is Flat of A by 20 cents																						Should be: 860 Hz
Upper Third: 1072Hz, which is Sharp of C by 26 cents																						Should be: 1083 Hz
Upper Quint: 1276Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 31 cents																						Should be: 1281 Hz
Upper Octave: 1750Hz, which is Flat of A by 10 cents																						Should be: 1711 Hz