MELBOURNE - STB : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   St.Bartholomew's Church (Anglican)
   Burnley & Boyd Streets
   Burnley,
     Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
   LL: S 37.82331, E 145.00740
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*Player:

   Jonathon Harrison
   77 Mary Street
   Richmond, Victoria  3121
   T: (03)9029 3376
   E: jmharrison@iinet.net.au

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

*Contact:

   St.Bartholomew's Church
   290 Burnley Street
   Burnley,
     Melbourne, VIC  3121
   T: 3/9428 3284
   E: via form on Website -
     www.stbarts-burnley.org

*Schedule:

   Practice Thursday 1900-2030; service
   Sunday 0930-1000 (1st, 3rd & 5th)

*Remarks:

   Bells by John Danks & Son, Sydney;
   tenor cast 1927.  Originally all were
   hung dead, with individual chiming
   ropes.  In 1988-90, the back 6 were
   rehung for ringing by Eayre & Smith.

*Technical data: 

   Ring of 6 bells in a chime of 8
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE 6/    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1929
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*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 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 26-Jan-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/26
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/26

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