North Bucks bell ringing archive

North Bucks Branch Archive Project

North Bucks Bells

History and Archive

Shalstone, St Edward the Confessor

Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 36ž"	Cast by: G Mears in 1862
5	Documented weight: 7 - 1 - 13 (Weight board)
Nominal: Sharp of G#/Ab by 20 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: Ab (Weight board)

Inscriptions

Process Inscription



G. Mears And Co. Founders London. These bells were given to the Glory of God and for the use of his Church by the five sons of thomas and Eliz Fitzgerald 1862


Keane

Dimensions not measured

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 228Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 5 cents																						Should be: 212 Hz
Prime: 425Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 10 cents																						Should be: 425 Hz
Tierce: 521Hz, which is Flat of C by 2 cents																						Should be: 502 Hz
Quint: 647Hz, which is Flat of E by 12 cents																						Should be: 638 Hz
Nominal: 851Hz, which is Sharp of G#/Ab by 20 cents																						Should be: 851 Hz
Upper Third: 1106Hz, which is Flat of C#/Db by 3 cents																						Should be: 1072 Hz
Upper Quint: 1267Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 22 cents																						Should be: 1267 Hz
Upper Octave: 1750Hz, which is Flat of A by 10 cents																						Should be: 1693 Hz