North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Hillesden, All Saints

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 31"	Cast by: Henry Bagley II in 1681
4	Estimated weight: 5 - 3 - 17 (Based on model)
Nominal: Sharp of C by 4 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: C (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



HENRICVS BAGLEY ME FEICT 1684

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 262Hz, which is Exactly C																						Should be: 262 Hz
Prime: 514Hz, which is Flat of C by 9 cents																						Should be: 525 Hz
Tierce: 629Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 7 cents																						Should be: 619 Hz
Quint: 784Hz, which is Exactly G																						Should be: 787 Hz
Nominal: 1050Hz, which is Sharp of C by 4 cents																						Should be: 1050 Hz
Upper Third: 1364Hz, which is Flat of F by 33 cents																						Should be: 1323 Hz
Upper Quint: 1563Hz, which is Flat of G by 5 cents																						Should be: 1564 Hz
Upper Octave: 2150Hz, which is Sharp of C by 57 cents																						Should be: 2089 Hz