Aluminium bell

[Andrew Higson]

Cast weight 14-0-14

 

Diameter 60.625"

 

Notes: 

 

Nominal 729Hz, F# -29 cents

Hum -11 cents

Fundamental + 97 cents

Tierce +12 cents

 

Sounds like a bell but much less resonant, unsurprisingly.

 

By comparison, using the same setting, the equivalent bell for Victoria:

 

Cast weight 43-2-19 (not much help because it has canons too)

 

Notes: 

 

Nominal 502Hz, B +28 cents

Hum +7 cents

Fundamental + 130 cents

Tierce +26 cents

 

 

Andrew Higson

John Taylor & Co.

The Bellfoundry

Freehold Street

Loughborough

LE11 1AR

Telephone: 01509 212241 Fax: 01509 263305 Registered in England No.
7032766

 

           
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