North Bucks bell ringing archive

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North Bucks Bells

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Lillingstone Lovell, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 26½"	Cast by: Alexander Rigby in 1693
4	Documented weight: 3 - 2 - 3 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of D by 3 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: D (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



? ALEX ? RIGBE ? MADE ? ME ? 1693 IOHN ? MAYNARD ? RECTOR ?

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 308Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 3 cents																						Should be: 294 Hz
Prime: 610Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 12 cents																						Should be: 589 Hz
Tierce: 724Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 16 cents																						Should be: 695 Hz
Quint: 904Hz, which is Sharp of A by 24 cents																						Should be: 883 Hz
Nominal: 1178Hz, which is Sharp of D by 3 cents																						Should be: 1178 Hz
Upper Third: 1512Hz, which is Sharp of F#/Gb by 32 cents																						Should be: 1484 Hz
Upper Quint: 1739Hz, which is Flat of A by 21 cents																						Should be: 1755 Hz
Upper Octave: 2388Hz, which is Sharp of D by 39 cents																						Should be: 2344 Hz