[Bell Historians] Bell tuning; standard pitches

[Christopher POVEY]

My information re Evesham (and other Taylor rings at that time) being tuned
to C=518 in 1951 came direct from Andrew Higson. I don't know what pitch
518Hz (not 516) equates to.

Chris Povey


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Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Bell Historians] Bell tuning; standard pitches


> International Standard Pitch was adopted in 1939, so it certainly was the
> standard in 1951. By A=440, we get C above middle C (i.e. that to which
the
> Taylor 2-ton C bells are tuned) as being 523.25Hz. Most of the Taylor C
> bells are tuned flat of this; as you say most of them are around the 518
Hz
> mark, varying between about 516 and 520, although York 11th is somewhat
> flatter. Does C=516 conform to any pitch standard?
>
> David
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> From: "Christopher POVEY" <cmpovey at 3...>
> To: "bellhistorians" <bellhistorians at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 7:55 PM
> Subject: [Bell Historians] Bell tuning; standard pitches
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> Assessing the accuracy of older rings of bells against Standard Pitch
> (A=440hz) is misleading, as that is unlikely to have been the pitch
against
> which the bells were tuned originally, ie the goalposts have moved. When
> Evesham were cast and tuned in 1951, Taylors were using C=518 as the
> standard. This frequency is now C -17.5 cents on the Standard Pitch.
>
> Chris Povey
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