*Location:

   St.George's-in-the-Pines
     Anglican Church
   100 Beaver and Buffalo Streets
   Banff, Alberta, Canada
   LL: N 51.17449, W 115.57070

Site locator map

*Player:

   Heather Jean Jordan, Director of Music
   E: heather.jean.jordan@gmail.com

   1927-?? Mr.W.R.Round & Mr.C.W.Brown

*Contact:

   St.George in the Pines Church
   Box 309
   Banff, AB  T1L 1A4
   T: 403-762-2128   F: 403-762-2123
   E: info@stgeorgesinthepines.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Donated by Hon.Dr.R.G.Brett, former
   Lt.Gov. of Alberta, in memory of his
   family; installed Apr.1927, ded.July.
   Added semitones: minor 6th & flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   Transposition is up  8 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G#
   There are two added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1927
     with bells made by Taylor       
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  5 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    9 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  10 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  25%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

On the church Website, a page about weddings has a paragraph about the bells.  A page about the bells is primarily an interview with Heather Jordan. The previous version of the Website had more information and photos.

A Facebook page about the history of the chime is very extensive, with many photos and newspaper clippings.

A YouTube video (3:07) of the chime being played during Covid-19 restrictions has a glimpse of one bell with an inscription related to the donation of the chime.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Index to North American baton-keyboard chimes.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in AB.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/06/05
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/06/05