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: 32½"	Cast by: Alexander Rigby in 1693
6	Documented weight: 6 - 2 - 0 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of B by 2 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: B (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



? IOHN ? CRESSWELL ? ESQ ? AND ? HIS ? LADY ? CATREN ? 1693 ? ALEX ? RIGBE ? MADE ? ME ?

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 264Hz, which is Sharp of C by 2 cents																						Should be: 246 Hz
Prime: 531Hz, which is Sharp of C by 8 cents																						Should be: 493 Hz
Tierce: 619Hz, which is Flat of D#/Eb by 3 cents																						Should be: 581 Hz
Quint: 769Hz, which is Flat of G by 15 cents																						Should be: 739 Hz
Nominal: 986Hz, which is Flat of B by 2 cents																						Should be: 986 Hz
Upper Third: 1258Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 13 cents																						Should be: 1242 Hz
Upper Quint: 1440Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 40 cents																						Should be: 1469 Hz
Upper Octave: 1968Hz, which is Flat of B by 8 cents																						Should be: 1962 Hz