North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Clifton Reynes, St Mary the Virgin

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 30"	Cast by: John Hodson in 1664
3	Estimated weight: 5 - 2 - 4 (Based on model)
Nominal: Sharp of D by 19 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: D (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 292Hz, which is Flat of D by 2 cents																						Should be: 298 Hz
Prime: 526Hz, which is Sharp of C by 3 cents																						Should be: 597 Hz
Tierce: 698Hz, which is Exactly F																						Should be: 704 Hz
Quint: 863Hz, which is Flat of A by 17 cents																						Should be: 895 Hz
Nominal: 1194Hz, which is Sharp of D by 19 cents																						Should be: 1194 Hz
Upper Third: 1474Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 6 cents																						Should be: 1504 Hz
Upper Quint: 1803Hz, which is Sharp of A by 43 cents																						Should be: 1779 Hz
Upper Octave: 2476Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 13 cents																						Should be: 2376 Hz