Smarden, Kent

[Bill Hibbert]

Richard:
> What a star you are Bill!

Flattery will get you everywhere. Here is a (highly speculative) set 
of tuning figures for all six at Smarden, taken from Dickon's 
recording. I've just looked at the map; it would have taken less 
time to go there and get seperate recordings of each!

Tuning figures below are hum, prime, tierce, nominal, superquint, 
octave nominal; first in Hz, then in cents. The tierce of the 4th 
looks very flat but I have measured it twice.

Hz:
1) 300, 555, 690, 1161, 1718, 2368
2) 270, 512, 614, 1020, 1528, 2090
3) 242, 454, 556, 918, 1388, 1868
4) 219, 427, 498, 855, 1276, 1760
5) 197, 377, 451, 759, 1131, 1559
6) 170, 344, 404, 675, 1006, 1398

Cents (4th figure along is nominal tuning relative to tenor):
1) -2343, -1278, -901, 939, 678, 1234
2) -2301, -1193, -879, 715, 700, 1242
3) -2308, -1219, -868, 532, 716, 1230
4) -2358, -1202, -936, 409, 693, 1250
5) -2335, -1211, -901, 203, 691, 1246
6) -2387, -1167, -889, 0, 691, 1260

Verdict? Primes are impressive, hums OK, tierces wander a bit, 
treble and third nominals are sharp, but overall I like the sound of 
them on the recording.

I don't have a recording of Ranworth (though I have rung there 
twice) but my recollection of them is that they are not as good as 
these.

Bill H