North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

North Crawley, St Firmin

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 31ž"	Cast by: Alfred Bowell in 1907
2	Documented weight: 6 - 2 - 21 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of A#/Bb by 22 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: C (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



T. MEARS LONDON FECIT 1813 RECAST BY BOWELL OF IPSWICH 1907

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 250Hz, which is Sharp of B by 3 cents																						Should be: 227 Hz
Prime: 428Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 13 cents																						Should be: 455 Hz
Tierce: 558Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 4 cents																						Should be: 536 Hz
Quint: 705Hz, which is Sharp of F by 7 cents																						Should be: 682 Hz
Nominal: 910Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 22 cents																						Should be: 910 Hz
Upper Third: 1199Hz, which is Sharp of D by 24 cents																						Should be: 1146 Hz
Upper Quint: 1346Hz, which is Sharp of E by 27 cents																						Should be: 1355 Hz
Upper Octave: 1847Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 18 cents																						Should be: 1810 Hz