North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

North Crawley, St Firmin

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 36½"	Cast by: Anthony Chandler in 1652
4	Documented weight: 8 - 0 - 8 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of G#/Ab by 23 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: A (Dove)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



CHANDLER MA DE ME + 1652 [] [] #

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 240Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 7 cents																						Should be: 213 Hz
Prime: 420Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 5 cents																						Should be: 427 Hz
Tierce: 524Hz, which is Sharp of C by 1 cents																						Should be: 503 Hz
Quint: 690Hz, which is Flat of F by 8 cents																						Should be: 640 Hz
Nominal: 854Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 23 cents																						Should be: 854 Hz
Upper Third: 1128Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 19 cents																						Should be: 1076 Hz
Upper Quint: 1263Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 18 cents																						Should be: 1272 Hz
Upper Octave: 1734Hz, which is Flat of A by 26 cents																						Should be: 1699 Hz