North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Stony Stratford, St Giles

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 35?"	Cast by: Taylor Oxford in 1838
6	Documented weight: 7 - 0 - 15 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of A by 18 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: A (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: 227Hz, which is Sharp of A by 7 cents																						Should be: 215 Hz
Prime: 432Hz, which is Flat of A by 8 cents																						Should be: 431 Hz
Tierce: 522Hz, which is Flat of C by 1 cents																						Should be: 508 Hz
Quint: 664Hz, which is Sharp of E by 5 cents																						Should be: 646 Hz
Nominal: 862Hz, which is Flat of A by 18 cents																						Should be: 862 Hz
Upper Third: 1204Hz, which is Sharp of D by 29 cents																						Should be: 1086 Hz
Upper Quint: 1232Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 13 cents																						Should be: 1284 Hz
Upper Octave: 1722Hz, which is Flat of A by 38 cents																						Should be: 1715 Hz