North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Stony Stratford, St Giles

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 33Ľ"	Cast by: Taylor Oxford in 1838
5	Documented weight: 5 - 3 - 26 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of A#/Bb by 18 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: Bb (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: 236Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 3 cents																						Should be: 228 Hz
Prime: 454Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 12 cents																						Should be: 457 Hz
Tierce: 550Hz, which is Flat of C#/Db by 4 cents																						Should be: 539 Hz
Quint: 678Hz, which is Sharp of E by 19 cents																						Should be: 685 Hz
Nominal: 914Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 18 cents																						Should be: 914 Hz
Upper Third: 1124Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 15 cents																						Should be: 1151 Hz
Upper Quint: 1360Hz, which is Flat of F by 37 cents																						Should be: 1361 Hz
Upper Octave: 1866Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 1 cents																						Should be: 1818 Hz