GEELONG : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   Church of St.Paul
   LaTrobe Terrace at Brougham Street
   (Princess Highway/M1, near overpass)
   Geelong, Victoria, Australia
   LL: S 38.14256, E 144.35389
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*Ringers' contact(s):

   David & Mary Heyes
   6 Glyn Street
   Belmont, Victoria  3216
   T: (03)5243 9451
   E: dmheyes/@/smartchat DOTnet DOTau

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

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Practice Monday 1830-2000 (call ahead);
   service Sunday 0930-1030 (call ahead)

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1867
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   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.

Where 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:

   This page was built from the database on 24-Nov-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/11/19
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/17


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