North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Lavendon, St Michael & All Angels

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 28"	Cast by: Alexander Rigby in 1689
2	Documented weight: 4 - 2 - 11 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of D by 15 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: D (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



? ALEXANDER RIGBE MADE ME 1689

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 312Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 1 cents																						Should be: 297 Hz
Prime: 590Hz, which is Sharp of D by 3 cents																						Should be: 595 Hz
Tierce: 729Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 11 cents																						Should be: 702 Hz
Quint: 890Hz, which is Sharp of A by 10 cents																						Should be: 892 Hz
Nominal: 1190Hz, which is Sharp of D by 15 cents																						Should be: 1190 Hz
Upper Third: 1412Hz, which is Sharp of F by 15 cents																						Should be: 1499 Hz
Upper Quint: 1768Hz, which is Sharp of A by 8 cents																						Should be: 1773 Hz
Upper Octave: 2420Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 69 cents																						Should be: 2368 Hz