Frequencies of main partials (Hertz) Red = flat of true harmonic tuning; blue = sharp; green = optimum Recorded Dickon Love Bell Hum Prime Tierce Quint Nominal S'quint O'nom. 8 176 334 399   660 978 1358 7 198 359 451 561 735 1087 1486 6 226 380 294 646 876 1234 1690 5 236 436 539 682 879 1299 1784 4 263 480 595 780 985 1474 2030 3 309 490 668 876 1111 1655 2286 2 313 621 741 935 1244 1856 2548 1 330 660 785 989 1318 1967       Frequencies in terms of note Frequencies in terms of relative intervals from the tenor nominal (cents) Bell Hum Prime Tierce Quint Nominal S'quint OctNom   Hum Prime Tierce Quint Nominal S'quint OctNom 8 F(0)+9 E(1)+20 G(1)+31   E(2)+1 B(2)-18 F(3)-50   -2292 -1180 -870   0 681 1250 7 G(0)+13 F(1)+45 A(1)+41 C#(2)+21 F#(2)-12 C#(3)-35 F#(3)+6   -2275 -1243 -847 -468 188 677 1218 6 A(0)+43 F#(1)+46 D(1)-1 E(2)-35 A(2)-9 Eb(3)-15 Ab(3)+29   -2348 -1445 -1892 -526 490 593 1138 5 Bb(0)+18 A(1)-18 C(2)+50 F(2)-43 A(2)-3 E(3)-26 A(3)+23   -2279 -1215 -847 -440 496 677 1226 4 C(1)+9 B(1)-49 D(2)+22 G(2)-10 B(2)-6 F#(3)-8 B(3)+47   -2285 -1244 -872 -404 694 698 1252 3 Eb(1)-15 B(1)-15 E(2)+22 A(2)-9 C#(3)+3 Ab(3)-7 D(4)-47   -2217 -1418 -881 -412 902 690 1250 2 Eb(1)+8 Eb(2)-3 F#(2)+1 Bb(2)+5 Eb(3)-1 Bb(3)-8 Eb(4)+41   -2392 -1203 -898 -494 1099 693 1241 1 E(1)-1 E(2)+2 G(2)+1 B(2)+1 E(3)-1 B(3)-8     -2399 -1197 -898 -497 1198 693   Variations from established scales Bell  Cents from mean   Cents from tenor   Equal Temp.   Just Tuned   Equal Temp.   Just Tuned  8 -18   -19   0   0  7 -27   -34   -12   -16  6 78   89   90   104  5 -13   -16   -4   -2  4 -13   -21   -6   -8  3 -2   8   2   18  2 -3   2   -1   11  1 -1   -9   -2   -2

 

1610		4 bells cast by Joseph Hatch.
1729		2nd (of 6) cast by Richard Phelps.
1813		4th recast by Thomas Mears.
1863		Treble cast by George Mears.
1883		The tower was equiped with a clock and chimes at a cost of two hundred guineas.
1924		It was reported that the old frame was a strange wooden affair. Bells 5,1,2,3 hung across the centre of the tower in a straight line swinging N/S. On the north side hung the 4th and on the south side the tenor. It did give a clockwise fall of ropes but it could not have been called a circle.
	9th Feb.	The Rochester DAC approved plans for rehanging the bells in a new frame. They very earnestly wished that great care be taken of the old bells of 1610. "They earnestly hope that the canons of the bells shall not be cut off & they would express the hope that if posssible you would have a timber frame - oak or teak - instead of the proposed metal one, which generally they disapprove of".
	18th Mar.	A faculty was granted for rehanging the bells in a new cast iron frame for eight bells, the three 1610 bells to have canon-retaining headstocks.
	May	Bells removed from the tower. John Taylor & Co tuned them and refitted them.
	7th Sept.	2 trebles were ordered from Taylor's to make the ring up to 8 bells.
1925	7th Jan.	The Tower Captain wrote to Taylor's to hope that the bells would soon be back, and that Horsmonden "wanted doing" and that one of the bells at Lamberhurst had fallen out of its framework.
	3rd Feb.	The parish wrote to Taylors, "How pleased everyone is with the bells. A Rochester ringer had said that they ring as well if not better than the recently hung Cathedral bells."
1932	11th Nov.	7th headstock cracked. It was "repaired" by Taylors who reduced their price, after a row, to £20.
1958	13th Oct.	7th headstock (steel) broke across middle. Colin Tester ordered a new cast iron canon retaining stock which was installed the following February by Taylors (£80).
1975	15th Mar.	Tenor headstock broke. Tom Sone advised a new one, like the 7th, and Taylors installed it later in November for £422.