North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

North Crawley, St Firmin

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 30Ľ"	Cast by: Alfred Bowell in 1907
1	Estimated weight: 5 - 1 - 14 (Based on model)
Nominal: Flat of D by 3 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: D (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



ALFRED BOWELL FOUNDER IPSWICH 1907

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 322Hz, which is Flat of E by 8 cents																						Should be: 293 Hz
Prime: 512Hz, which is Flat of C by 11 cents																						Should be: 586 Hz
Tierce: 700Hz, which is Sharp of F by 2 cents																						Should be: 691 Hz
Quint: 938Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 6 cents																						Should be: 879 Hz
Nominal: 1172Hz, which is Flat of D by 3 cents																						Should be: 1172 Hz
Upper Third: 1428Hz, which is Sharp of F by 31 cents																						Should be: 1476 Hz
Upper Quint: 1731Hz, which is Flat of A by 29 cents																						Should be: 1746 Hz
Upper Octave: 2349Hz, which is Exactly D																						Should be: 2332 Hz