ADELAIDE - STP : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   Southwest tower
   Cathedral Church of St.Peter
     (Anglican)
   King William Road at Pennington Terrace
     (Adelaide Oval)
   North Adelaide
   Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
   LL: S 34.91307, E 138.59826

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Graham Rich
   T: (08)8387 7180   C: 0401 737 284
   E: rich04@ozemail.com.au
   - or -
   Peter Mitchell
   T: (08)8278 9898
   E: audpet@internode.on.net

      Verify the current ringers' contact(s) at the ANZAB Website.

*Contact:

   St.Peter's Cathedral
   27 King William Road
   North Adelaide SA 5006
   E: office@stpeters-cathedral.org.au

*Schedule:

   Practice Tuesday 7:30-9pm;
   service Sunday 1000-1030, 1815-1900.

*Remarks:

   Bells cast 1946.
   Heaviest ring in southern hemisphere,
   and 2nd heaviest ring of 8 in the
   world (as of 1979).

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1947
     with bells made by Taylor in 1946
   Year of latest technical information source is 1988

*Links:

The ANZAB Webpage about this ring has at least a photo of the tower, and possibly additional information.

The Cathedral Website

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

Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Australia.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jan-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/26
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/17

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