North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

North Crawley, St Firmin

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 33Ľ"	Cast by: James Keene in 1638
3	Documented weight: 6 - 3 - 22 (Dove)
Nominal: Exactly C (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: Bb (Dove)

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+ GOD SAVE OVR KING 1638 IK

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 290Hz, which is Flat of D by 4 cents																						Should be: 261 Hz
Prime: 502Hz, which is Sharp of B by 8 cents																						Should be: 523 Hz
Tierce: 632Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 10 cents																						Should be: 617 Hz
Quint: 876Hz, which is Flat of A by 4 cents																						Should be: 784 Hz
Nominal: 1046Hz, which is Exactly C																						Should be: 1046 Hz
Upper Third: 1286Hz, which is Flat of E by 33 cents																						Should be: 1317 Hz
Upper Quint: 1540Hz, which is Flat of G by 28 cents																						Should be: 1558 Hz
Upper Octave: 2104Hz, which is Sharp of C by 11 cents																						Should be: 2081 Hz