North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Stowe, The Assumption of St Mary the Virgin

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 30"	Cast by: James Keene in 1654
2	Documented weight: 5 - 2 - 10 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of C#/Db by 29 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: C (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: 286Hz, which is Flat of D by 8 cents																						Should be: 270 Hz
Prime: 536Hz, which is Sharp of C by 13 cents																						Should be: 540 Hz
Tierce: 656Hz, which is Flat of E by 3 cents																						Should be: 637 Hz
Quint: 874Hz, which is Flat of A by 6 cents																						Should be: 810 Hz
Nominal: 1080Hz, which is Flat of C#/Db by 29 cents																						Should be: 1080 Hz
Upper Third: 1370Hz, which is Flat of F by 27 cents																						Should be: 1360 Hz
Upper Quint: 1604Hz, which is Sharp of G by 36 cents																						Should be: 1609 Hz
Upper Octave: 2196Hz, which is Flat of C#/Db by 21 cents																						Should be: 2149 Hz