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Tower:
Bell:

Diameter: 34¼"	Cast by: Mears & Stainbank in 1893
5	Documented weight: 7 - 1 - 11 (Dove)
Nominal: Flat of A#/Bb by 14 cents (based on analysis by Wavanal)	Documented note: A# (Dove)

Inscriptions



W HALL MADE ME 1756


ROBERT HOLT, VICAR NATHANIEL COATES, CHURCHWARDENS FREDERICK THOMAS BARGE,

RECAST BY MEARS & STAINBANK, WHITECHAPEL FOUNDRY, LONDON 1893

Trapezoids of bell shapes:

Actual tuning of partials	Variation from Simpson tuning
Analysis of partial tones based on analysis by Wavanal:
Hum: 272Hz, which is Flat of C#/Db by 5 cents																						Should be: 229 Hz
Prime: 443Hz, which is Sharp of A by 3 cents																						Should be: 459 Hz
Tierce: 568Hz, which is Sharp of C#/Db by 14 cents																						Should be: 541 Hz
Quint: 764Hz, which is Flat of G by 20 cents																						Should be: 688 Hz
Nominal: 918Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 14 cents																						Should be: 918 Hz
Upper Third: 1179Hz, which is Sharp of D by 4 cents																						Should be: 1156 Hz
Upper Quint: 1346Hz, which is Sharp of E by 27 cents																						Should be: 1367 Hz
Upper Octave: 1838Hz, which is Flat of A#/Bb by 27 cents																						Should be: 1826 Hz