North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Shalstone, St Edward the Confessor

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 33½"	Cast by: G Mears in 1862
4	Documented weight: 5 - 1 - 25 (Weight board)
Nominal: Sharp of A#/Bb by 20 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: Bb (Weight board)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



G. Mears And Co. Founders London, 1862.


Robert

Dimensions not measured

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 223Hz, which is Sharp of A by 3 cents																						Should be: 238 Hz
Prime: 464Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 2 cents																						Should be: 476 Hz
Tierce: 575Hz, which is Flat of D by 12 cents																						Should be: 561 Hz
Quint: 724Hz, which is Flat of F#/Gb by 16 cents																						Should be: 714 Hz
Nominal: 952Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 20 cents																						Should be: 952 Hz
Upper Third: 1172Hz, which is Flat of D by 3 cents																						Should be: 1199 Hz
Upper Quint: 1428Hz, which is Sharp of F by 31 cents																						Should be: 1418 Hz
Upper Octave: 1973Hz, which is Flat of B by 3 cents																						Should be: 1894 Hz