North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Olney, St Peter & St Paul

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 40"	Cast by: Henry Bagley in 1699
7	Documented weight: 10 - 1 - 7 (Weight Board)
Nominal: Flat of G by 15 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: G (Weight Board)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



THOMAS#MARTAINE#AND#RICHARD#PHEASANT#CHURCHWARDENS##HENRY#BAGLEY#MADE#MEE 1699#

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 192Hz, which is Flat of G by 4 cents																						Should be: 192 Hz
Prime: 384Hz, which is Flat of G by 8 cents																						Should be: 384 Hz
Tierce: 464Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 2 cents																						Should be: 453 Hz
Quint: 564Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 10 cents																						Should be: 576 Hz
Nominal: 769Hz, which is Flat of G by 15 cents																						Should be: 769 Hz
Upper Third: 991Hz, which is Sharp of B by 3 cents																						Should be: 968 Hz
Upper Quint: 1138Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 29 cents																						Should be: 1145 Hz
Upper Octave: 1566Hz, which is Flat of G by 2 cents																						Should be: 1530 Hz