MELBOURNE - STPI : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   St.Pius X Church (RC)
   Waterdale Road & Altona Street
   West Heidelberg,
     Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
   LL: S 37.74680, E 145.04622

   St.Aidan's R.C. Church
   East Acton, London, W3, England

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Brian Reed
   74 Outhwaite Road
   West Heidelberg, Victoria  3081
   T: 3/9459 5351
   E: brianreed/@/onthe DOTnet DOTau
   - or -
   Andrew Chin
   E: achin_ringing/@/fastmail DOTcom DOTau

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

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Practice Monday 1930-2100; service
   Saturday 1830-1900, Sunday 0945-1015

*Remarks:

   Originally part of a 9-bell automatic
   chime.  Trebles apparently recast.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   2 bells were recast or replaced in 2007
     by Taylor      
   Prior history:
     In 1989, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Whitechapel 
       (6 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2011

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

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

Where the initial stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of 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 22-Oct-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/04/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2011/04/30

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