East Grinstead, Former church of St Luke
Bell |
Weight |
Diameter |
Nominal |
Note |
Founder |
Cast |
Canon |
Hanging |
1 |
12.00" |
2660.5 Hz |
E |
Charles & George Mears |
1844 |
Unhung |
About the Bell
1 Bell, in E
East Grinstead, St Luke's church was built in 1954 in the developing part of East Grinstead. It featured a large, spacious hall with a clergy house beside it too.
The building was made out of red and yellow brick and had to have a tile made cross to help people understand the purpose of the building.
Due to a slowly diminishing congregation and the rise in maintenance costs for the building, the church was closed down in 2014 and then demolished in 2015.
The bell that was hung there was then moved along with its fittings to East Grinstead, St Swithuns.
The church had a single bell hung for swing chime cast in Whitechapel by the London foundry Charles & George Mears. The bell was cast in 1844 which is the only thing inscribed on the bell.
The bell was hung on cast iron brackets on the West wall. The bell is bolted to a metal headstock by a Peg argent. It was chimed by a lever using a red sallied rope from inside.
The clapper is connected to cast in crown staple by folding the metal at the top of the clapper shaft. The clapper ball is very warn down on one side which suggest it barely struck on both sides of the bell.
It does not appear to be turned but there is a lot of wear around the bell which is expected in swing chiming bells with simple clapper mechanisms.
The bell now remains unhung in the pipe room for the organ which contains lots of other things from East Grinstead, St Luke. The two cast iron brackets are present next to bell too. The rope also rests on a table in the room.
Visited:
.07/05/2022
East Grinstead, St Luke's church was built in 1954 in the developing part of East Grinstead. It featured a large, spacious hall with a clergy house beside it too.
The building was made out of red and yellow brick and had to have a tile made cross to help people understand the purpose of the building.
Due to a slowly diminishing congregation and the rise in maintenance costs for the building, the church was closed down in 2014 and then demolished in 2015.
The bell that was hung there was then moved along with its fittings to East Grinstead, St Swithuns.
The church had a single bell hung for swing chime cast in Whitechapel by the London foundry Charles & George Mears. The bell was cast in 1844 which is the only thing inscribed on the bell.
The bell was hung on cast iron brackets on the West wall. The bell is bolted to a metal headstock by a Peg argent. It was chimed by a lever using a red sallied rope from inside.
The clapper is connected to cast in crown staple by folding the metal at the top of the clapper shaft. The clapper ball is very warn down on one side which suggest it barely struck on both sides of the bell.
It does not appear to be turned but there is a lot of wear around the bell which is expected in swing chiming bells with simple clapper mechanisms.
The bell now remains unhung in the pipe room for the organ which contains lots of other things from East Grinstead, St Luke. The two cast iron brackets are present next to bell too. The rope also rests on a table in the room.
Visited:
.07/05/2022
Recording of the bell:
How the bell is tuned in relation to the nominal, using Simpson's thory.
Key [measured in cents]:
-99 ~ -90 -89 ~ -80 -79 ~ -70 -69 ~ -60 -59 ~ -50 -49 ~ -40 -39 ~ -30 -29 ~ -20 -19 ~ -10 -9 ~ -0
0 ~ 9 10 ~ 19 20 ~ 29 30 ~ 39 40 ~ 49 50 ~ 59 60 ~ 69 70 ~ 79 80 ~ 89 90 ~ 99+
-99 ~ -90 -89 ~ -80 -79 ~ -70 -69 ~ -60 -59 ~ -50 -49 ~ -40 -39 ~ -30 -29 ~ -20 -19 ~ -10 -9 ~ -0
0 ~ 9 10 ~ 19 20 ~ 29 30 ~ 39 40 ~ 49 50 ~ 59 60 ~ 69 70 ~ 79 80 ~ 89 90 ~ 99+
Hum - 727.5Hz - F#-28
Prime - 1398Hz - F+1
Tierce - 1638.5Hz - Ab-23 (major 3rd)
Quint - 2181.5Hz - Db-27
Nominal - 2660.5Hz - E+15
Prime - 1398Hz - F+1
Tierce - 1638.5Hz - Ab-23 (major 3rd)
Quint - 2181.5Hz - Db-27
Nominal - 2660.5Hz - E+15
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Inscriptions:
*Underlined text is inscriptions within the inscription band*
1 |
1844 |
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