North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Stony Stratford, St Giles

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 30"	Cast by: Taylor Oxford in 1838
3	Documented weight: 5 - 0 - 12 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of D by 23 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: 312Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 1 cents																						Should be: 288 Hz
Prime: 542Hz, which is Flat of C#/Db by 12 cents																						Should be: 576 Hz
Tierce: 695Hz, which is Flat of F by 3 cents																						Should be: 679 Hz
Quint: 855Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 24 cents																						Should be: 864 Hz
Nominal: 1152Hz, which is Flat of D by 23 cents																						Should be: 1152 Hz
Upper Third: 1340Hz, which is Sharp of E by 21 cents																						Should be: 1451 Hz
Upper Quint: 1690Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 29 cents																						Should be: 1716 Hz
Upper Octave: 2286Hz, which is Flat of D by 63 cents																						Should be: 2292 Hz