PARRAMATTA - AS : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   All Saints' Anglican Church
   Victoria Road & Elizabeth Street
   Parramatta,
     Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
   LL: S 33.80947, E 151.00885

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Bill Perrins
   T: (02)9858 4766
   E: perrins/@/aapt DOTnet DOTau
   - or -
   Annette Snars
   T: (02)9614 5270
   E: sjsnars@bigpond.com

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

*Contact:

   All Saints' Church
   Victoria Road
   Parramatta  2150
   T: 9630 1567
   E: allsaintsparra@yahoo.com
   W: www.parramattanorth.anglican.asn.au

*Schedule:

   Practice Wednesday 1915-2030;
   service Sunday 0930-1000 (2nd & 4th),
   1815-1900 (1st & 3rd).

*Remarks:

   Originally 6 bells cast in 1856-60;
   retuned, one recast and 2 trebles
   added in 1974.

*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 instrument was enlarged in 1974
     with  2 bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1979

*Links:

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

The initial phase of this work having fewer than 8 bells, it is not indexed by foundry.
Where the final phase of 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 21-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/17

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