*Location:
Central tower Cathedral Church of St.John (Anglican) Ann Street, east of Wharf Street Brisbane, Queensland, Australia LL: S 27.46402, E 153.03012*Previous location (1904-2004):
temporary north tower*Original location (1876-1904):
Pro-Cathedral George Street (or William Street)
*Ringers' contact(s):
Ian McCulloch C: 0450 461 283 E: ianmcc@physics.uq.edu.au - or - Patrick Johns C: 0404 050 452 H: (07)3857 5560 E: patrick.johnz@gmail.com - or - Harold Bartlett H: (07)3351 4788 C: 0431 106 526
Verify the current ringers' contact(s) at the ANZAB Website.
*Contact:
St.John's Cathedral *parcel: 373 Ann Street Brisbane 4000 *postal: GPO Box 421 Brisbane 4001 T: (07)3835 2232 F: (07)3832 3173 E: brisdean@anglicanbrisbane.org.au
*Schedule:
Practice Monday 1930-2100 (simulator); service Sunday 0845-0925 (call ahead)
*Remarks:
Original 8 bells were hung for chiming only from 1910-86. Rehung (and augmented) in 1987-88, in a new temporary tower.
*Technical data:
Ring of 12 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is E in the middle octave Transposition is not applicable Keyboard range: ROPE / NONE There are no added semitones The instrument was enlarged in 2008 with 2 bells made by Whitechapel Prior history: In 1987, the instrument was enlarged to 10 bells by Whitechapel (2 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.) In 1876, the instrument was begun with 8 bells by Warner Year of latest technical information source is 2010
*Links:
The Cathedral Website has no photo of the building, and says almost nothing about the bells.
Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Warner bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel 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:
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