Durfee chime

*Location:

   The Bell Tower (ground floor interior)
     (originally Swan Campanile)
   Barrack Square
     (Barrack Street and Riverside Drive)
   Perth, Western Australia, Australia
   LL: S 31.95891, E 115.85817

   First Church of Christ, Scientist
   Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Richard Offen
   E: ringers@thebelltower.com.au
   - or -
   The Bell Tower
   Barrack Square
   Riverside Drive
   Perth, WA
   T: 08/6210 0444   F: 08/6210 0499
   E: info@thebelltower.com.au

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by U.S.Tubular Bell Co.;
   added semitones are sharp 4th and flat
   7th in the first octave.
   Jan.2009: awaiting installation.
   There may be additional sets of tubular
   chimes relocated from Christ Church,
   Prestatyn, Clywd, Wales; Hardwick,
   Northamptonshire, England; and
   Hugh Town, Scilly Isles.

*Technical data:

   Chime with Ellacombe stand of 15 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     A F#  /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2008
     with tubular bells made by USTubular   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

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   This page was built from the database on 22-Jun-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/06/05
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/12/31