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: 39½"	Cast by: R Keene in 1665
6	Documented weight: 10 - 3 - 23 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of F by 10 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: F (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: 202Hz, which is Sharp of G by 6 cents																						Should be: 177 Hz
Prime: 355Hz, which is Sharp of F by 6 cents																						Should be: 354 Hz
Tierce: 428Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 13 cents																						Should be: 417 Hz
Quint: 626Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 4 cents																						Should be: 531 Hz
Nominal: 708Hz, which is Sharp of F by 10 cents																						Should be: 708 Hz
Upper Third: 854Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 23 cents																						Should be: 892 Hz
Upper Quint: 1012Hz, which is Sharp of B by 24 cents																						Should be: 1054 Hz
Upper Octave: 1457Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 23 cents																						Should be: 1408 Hz