North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Stony Stratford, St Giles

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 30ž"	Cast by: Taylor Oxford in 1838
4	Documented weight: 4 - 3 - 10 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of C by 19 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: C (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: 270Hz, which is Flat of C#/Db by 7 cents																						Should be: 256 Hz
Prime: 510Hz, which is Flat of C by 13 cents																						Should be: 513 Hz
Tierce: 623Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 1 cents																						Should be: 605 Hz
Quint: 784Hz, which is Exactly G																						Should be: 770 Hz
Nominal: 1027Hz, which is Flat of C by 19 cents																						Should be: 1027 Hz
Upper Third: 1312Hz, which is Flat of E by 7 cents																						Should be: 1294 Hz
Upper Quint: 1716Hz, which is Flat of A by 44 cents																						Should be: 1530 Hz
Upper Octave: 2058Hz, which is Flat of C by 35 cents																						Should be: 2043 Hz