HOBART - HT : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
   (was Holy Trinity Anglican Church)
   Warwick & Church Streets
   Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
   LL: S 42.87660, E 147.32108

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   John Smith, Ringing Master
   444 Churchill Avenue
   Sandy Bay  7005
   T: (03)6244 1496
   E: jasmad/@/tadaust DOTorg DOTau
   - or -
   Douglas Nichols
   T: (03)6234 9391
   E: dnichols/@/tassie DOTnet.au

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

*Contact:

   Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
   50 Warwick Street
   Hobart, TAS  7000
   T: (03)6231 5819   F: (03)6231 5613
   E: holytrinityhobart@bigpond.com

*Schedule:

   By pre-arrangement only

*Remarks:

   Bells cast 1846 by C.& G.Mears--the
   oldest extant ring in Australia.
   Restored and retuned in 1988.
   Anglican parish closed in 2007;
   building sold in 2008.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1847
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1988

*Links:

A parish directory page has contact information only.

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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