CASTLEREAGH : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   Castlereagh Wesleyan Chapel
   297 Old Castlereagh Road
   Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia
   LL: S 33.72031, E 150.66733
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page (Penrith)

*Player:

   (unknown)

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

*Contact:

   Delwyn Goldsmith
   T: (02)4572 3492
   E: colindel@bigpond.net.au
   - or -
   Castlereagh Academy
   297-305 Old Castlereagh Road
   Castlereagh, NSW 2749
   T: (02) 4578 3817,  9629 5756
   E: academyaccom@bigpond.com

*Schedule:

   Practice Thu 1930-2100,
   service 4th Sunday 1345-1430.

*Remarks:

   Heaviest 6 are hung as a ring.
   Detached tower.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1964
     with bells made by Taylor      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2011

*Links:

A long page about the history of the chapel and area starts with a photo which shows part of the chapel and part of the bell tower.

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

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  4-Nov-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/10/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/12/19


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