PERTH - STG : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   Cathedral Church of St.George
   St.George's Terrace & Cathedral Avenue
   Perth, Western Australia, Australia
   LL: S 31.95583, E 115.86124

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Josclyn Stone
   T: 08/9454 6770 
   E: labraform@yahoo.com.au
   - or -
   David Knewstub
   T: 08/9381 8272
   E: dama4/@/optusnet DOTcom DOTau

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

*Contact:

   Cathedral Church of St.George
   38 St.George's Terrace
   Perth, WA  6000
   T: (08)9325 5766   F: (08)9325 5242
   E: info@perthcathedral.org

*Schedule:

   Practice Tue. 1800-2000;
   service Sun. 0900-1000, 1600-1700 (QP)

*Remarks:

   Seven old trebles recast into present
   ring.  Former tenor hung for chiming.

*Technical data:

   Ring/chime of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range: (G )ROPE 8/    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   7 bells were recast or replaced with 8 in 1974
     by Taylor      
   Prior history:
     In 1902, a complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Warner      
       (1 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1988

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

*Links:

The cathedral Website opens with photos of the building, though the tower does not show up clearly; the Music section has a page about the bells and ringers.

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

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Warner 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 29-Dec-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/12/27
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/26

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