Harry Sear's band Astwood's bell frame Bletchley's bells in the churchyard Old Bradwell band Calverton's old church Thornborough re-hang Olney's bells Astwood church in the snow Downs Barn installation Newport sub-web
North Bucks Branch Archive Project

Main Branch site:

Branch site

The Branch web site contains up to date information about ringing in North Bucks. Much of the information formerly in this site can now be found there.


Latest on this site:

Corrections to analysis of bell harmonics at Olney - December 2024
Addition of minutes of recent officers' meetings - January 2025
Correction of Old Bradwell harmonics and trapezoid measurements and addition of inscriptions and photos of bells - April 2025
Adjustment of trapezoid image scaling to show top of long waisted bells - April 2025


BellDocumented NoteDocumented Note SourceRecorded NoteRecorded WeightEstimated WeightDiameterFounderMP3
5F#DoveG13 - 0 - 011 - 1 - 441¼Richard Chandler III in 1708

Inscriptions:

RICHARD CHANDLER MADE ME 80J1
 
 
Trapezoids

How does the shape of this bell compare to others in the ring?


Here, the shape of all the bells are compared by reducing their size so they all have the same radius at the soundbow.
Then we can see if the founder made bells taller, wider or the same shape as different sized bells were created.

Photos
 Three views of the chip tuning on the tenor
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Tonal Analysis
Is this bell in tune with itself?
ToneFrequency (Hz)Tuning
Hum190-9
Prime14902356
Prime40288
Tierce47888
Quint548-75
Nominal7640
Upper Third922-61
Upper Quint1104-65

This shows each harmonic relative to what it should be relative to the Nominal
taking Simpson Tuning as an ideal.
A positive figure shows that the harmonic is sharp, a negative figure shows that it is flat. There are 100 cents between notes on the scale.
Nominal:764Hz
Flat of G by 20 cents