GAWLER : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   St.George's Anglican Church
   Orleana Square
   Cowan Street
   Gawler, S.Australia, Australia
   LL: S 34.59685, E 138.74331
Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Player:

   Brian Thom

*Contact:

   St.George's Church Office
   26 Cowan Street
   Gawler  SA 5118
   T: 8/8523 5677
   E: stgeorgegawler@optusnet.com.au

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Hemispherical bells, mounted on a
   common horizontal axis

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   Transposition is up 14 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D 
   There are no added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1921
     with bells made by Whitechapel  
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1979
*Links:

A historic buildings page describes the gift of the bells and how they are played.

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 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2011/12/26
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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