MELBOURNE - STPAT : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   Southeast tower
   St.Patrick's Cathedral
   Gisborne & Albert Streets
   East Melbourne,
     Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
   LL: S 37.81037, E 144.97585 

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

*Contact:

   Graeme Heyes
   44 Rowitta Drive
   Glen Waverley, Victoria  3150
   H: 3/9803 4365   W: 3/9545 8569
   E: graeme.hayes/@/minerals DOTcsiro DOTau

*Schedule:

   Service 2nd & 4th Sunday 1030-1100

*Remarks:

   Bells by John Murphy, Dublin, Ireland,
   1850; not installed until 1866-68, the

*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 1868
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 1979

*Links:

Introduction to two pages about the bells, from the Cathedral Website.

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 miscellaneous bellfoundries, 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 10-Nov-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/11/03
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/26

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