North Bucks bell ringing archive

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North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Little Horwood, St Nicholas

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 38½"	Cast by: Mears & Stainbank in 1895
6	Documented weight: 9 - 2 - 24 (Weight board)
Nominal: Sharp of G by 11 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: G (Weight board)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



MEARS & STAINBANK, WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY, LONDON.


CAST AT DRAYTON 1672 RECAST 1895 F.R.W. MALPAS, VICAR G. CHAPMAN, J. HANSON, CHURCHWARDENS. JESSE GRAINGE, CLERK. PRAISE THE LORD

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 226Hz, which is Sharp of A by 6 cents																						Should be: 198 Hz
Prime: 397Hz, which is Sharp of G by 5 cents																						Should be: 397 Hz
Tierce: 489Hz, which is Flat of B by 5 cents																						Should be: 469 Hz
Quint: 636Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 14 cents																						Should be: 596 Hz
Nominal: 795Hz, which is Sharp of G by 11 cents																						Should be: 795 Hz
Upper Third: 1030Hz, which is Flat of C by 16 cents																						Should be: 1001 Hz
Upper Quint: 1170Hz, which is Flat of D by 5 cents																						Should be: 1184 Hz
Upper Octave: 1598Hz, which is Sharp of G by 30 cents																						Should be: 1582 Hz