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Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 29"	Cast by: M & S in 1947
1	Documented weight: 5 - 0 - 9 (Dove)
Nominal: Sharp of D#/Eb by 19 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: Eb (Dove)

Inscriptions






DEDICATED TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THOSE OF THIS PARISH WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE AND ALL WHO SERVED THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE TWO GREAT WARS 1814-1918 1939-1945	MEARS & STAINBANK, LONDON, FOUNDERS, 1947

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 300Hz, which is Sharp of D by 6 cents																						Should be: 316 Hz
Prime: 630Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 8 cents																						Should be: 632 Hz
Tierce: 754Hz, which is Sharp of F#/Gb by 14 cents																						Should be: 745 Hz
Quint: 987Hz, which is Flat of B by 1 cents																						Should be: 948 Hz
Nominal: 1264Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 19 cents																						Should be: 1264 Hz
Upper Third: 1624Hz, which is Flat of G#/Ab by 37 cents																						Should be: 1592 Hz
Upper Quint: 1876Hz, which is Sharp of A#/Bb by 11 cents																						Should be: 1883 Hz
Upper Octave: 2558Hz, which is Sharp of D#/Eb by 69 cents																						Should be: 2515 Hz