North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Little Horwood, St Nicholas

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 34?"	Cast by: Thomas Mears in 1793
5	Documented weight: 7 - 0 - 0 (Weight board)
Nominal: Sharp of A by 10 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: A (Weight board)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



STEPHEN LANGSTON A.M. VICAR GEO. OAKLY & JOHN CURTIS CHURCH WARDENS, THOS MEARS OF LONDON FECIT 1793

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 243Hz, which is Flat of B by 4 cents																						Should be: 222 Hz
Prime: 423Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 8 cents																						Should be: 445 Hz
Tierce: 536Hz, which is Sharp of C by 13 cents																						Should be: 525 Hz
Quint: 708Hz, which is Sharp of F by 10 cents																						Should be: 667 Hz
Nominal: 890Hz, which is Sharp of A by 10 cents																						Should be: 890 Hz
Upper Third: 1164Hz, which is Flat of D by 11 cents																						Should be: 1121 Hz
Upper Quint: 1322Hz, which is Sharp of E by 3 cents																						Should be: 1326 Hz
Upper Octave: 1816Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 49 cents																						Should be: 1771 Hz