North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Stony Stratford, St Giles

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 38Ľ"	Cast by: Taylor Oxford in 1838
7	Documented weight: 8 - 0 - 27 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of G by 14 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: G (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: 197Hz, which is Sharp of G by 1 cents																						Should be: 192 Hz
Prime: 391Hz, which is Flat of G by 1 cents																						Should be: 385 Hz
Tierce: 460Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 6 cents																						Should be: 454 Hz
Quint: 576Hz, which is Flat of D by 11 cents																						Should be: 577 Hz
Nominal: 770Hz, which is Flat of G by 14 cents																						Should be: 770 Hz
Upper Third: 958Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 26 cents																						Should be: 970 Hz
Upper Quint: 1149Hz, which is Flat of D by 26 cents																						Should be: 1147 Hz
Upper Octave: 1578Hz, which is Sharp of G by 10 cents																						Should be: 1532 Hz