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by crustycoder 1499 days ago
For literally centuries European bell tuning was all done by rule of thumb, with results varying from to sublime to abysmal. It was all finally figured out by Canon Simpson in 1895/6 who described the relationship between the 5 main components of a bell's strike note - the hum, prime, tierce, quint and nominal.

https://www.hibberts.co.uk/building-a-bell-sound/