North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

North Crawley, St Firmin

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 38"	Cast by: Thomas Mears II in 1824
5	Documented weight: 9 - 2 - 3 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of F#/Gb by 20 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: G (Dove)

Inscriptions

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### T. MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1824. #######


WM NASH WM BREWER CH WARDENS

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 214Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 6 cents																						Should be: 190 Hz
Prime: 392Hz, which is Exactly G																						Should be: 380 Hz
Tierce: 468Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 2 cents																						Should be: 448 Hz
Quint: 626Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 4 cents																						Should be: 570 Hz
Nominal: 760Hz, which is Sharp of F#/Gb by 20 cents																						Should be: 760 Hz
Upper Third: 1045Hz, which is Flat of C by 1 cents																						Should be: 957 Hz
Upper Quint: 1127Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 18 cents																						Should be: 1132 Hz
Upper Octave: 1545Hz, which is Flat of G by 23 cents																						Should be: 1512 Hz