North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Lavendon, St Michael & All Angels

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 29Ľ"	Cast by: Alexander Rigby in 1689
3	Documented weight: 5 - 0 - 9 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of C by 4 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: C (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: 274Hz, which is Flat of C#/Db by 3 cents																						Should be: 262 Hz
Prime: 528Hz, which is Sharp of C by 5 cents																						Should be: 525 Hz
Tierce: 646Hz, which is Flat of E by 13 cents																						Should be: 619 Hz
Quint: 788Hz, which is Sharp of G by 4 cents																						Should be: 787 Hz
Nominal: 1050Hz, which is Sharp of C by 4 cents																						Should be: 1050 Hz
Upper Third: 1340Hz, which is Sharp of E by 21 cents																						Should be: 1323 Hz
Upper Quint: 1558Hz, which is Flat of G by 10 cents																						Should be: 1564 Hz
Upper Octave: 1914Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 49 cents																						Should be: 2089 Hz