Heavy bell pitches

David Bagley david at r...
Sat Mar 13 12:07:50 GMT 2004


Here's another :-

Verona Cathedral tenor, cast 2003 by the De Poli foundry
weight = 89-3-14
diameter = 1.898m (74 3/4")

Hum = 249.1Hz (B - 15 cents)
Prime = 422.3Hz (Ab + 29 cents)
Tirece = 506.6Hz (B + 44 cents)
Quint = 632.7Hz (Eb + 29 cents)
Nominal = 868.9Hz (A - 22 cents)
Oct Nominal = 1737.1 (A - 23 cents)

There is now a MP3 clip of this bell ringing in a concerto at
www.ringing.demon.co.uk/veronese/cathedral.htm

(Thanks to Matthew Padovani and Wavanal!)






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