North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Loughton, All Saints

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 27ź"	Cast by: Alfred Bowell in 1908
Documented weight: 4 - 0 - 21 (Wavanal)
Nominal: Flat of E by 1 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: E (Wavanal)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 357Hz, which is Sharp of F by 8 cents																						Should be: 329 Hz
Prime: 568Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 14 cents																						Should be: 659 Hz
Tierce: 780Hz, which is Flat of G by 4 cents																						Should be: 777 Hz
Quint: 1032Hz, which is Flat of C by 14 cents																						Should be: 988 Hz
Nominal: 1318Hz, which is Flat of E by 1 cents																						Should be: 1318 Hz
Upper Third: 1694Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 33 cents																						Should be: 1660 Hz
Upper Quint: 1958Hz, which is Flat of B by 18 cents																						Should be: 1963 Hz
Upper Octave: 2678Hz, which is Sharp of E by 41 cents																						Should be: 2622 Hz