North Bucks bell ringing archive

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North Bucks Bells

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Little Horwood, St Nicholas

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 29 7/8"	Cast by: Mears & Stainbank in 1934
3	Documented weight: 5 - 0 - 0 (Weight board)
Nominal: Sharp of C by 10 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: C (Weight board)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



MEARS & STAINBANK, LONDON. 1934

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 264Hz, which is Sharp of C by 2 cents																						Should be: 264 Hz
Prime: 526Hz, which is Sharp of C by 3 cents																						Should be: 528 Hz
Tierce: 626Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 4 cents																						Should be: 623 Hz
Quint: 831Hz, which is Exactly G#/Ab																						Should be: 792 Hz
Nominal: 1056Hz, which is Sharp of C by 10 cents																						Should be: 1056 Hz
Upper Third: 1476Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 4 cents																						Should be: 1330 Hz
Upper Quint: 1588Hz, which is Sharp of G by 20 cents																						Should be: 1573 Hz
Upper Octave: 2199Hz, which is Flat of C#/Db by 18 cents																						Should be: 2101 Hz