*Location:

   St.Paul's Cathedral (Anglican)
   William Street at Alma Street
   Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
   LL: S 23.38196, E 150.51234

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Cathedral Office
   89 William Street
   Rockhampton  4700
   T: 07/4927 6555   F: 07/4927 6508
   E: cathedral@anglicanrock.org.au

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Independent clappers for manual and
   drum actions.  Drum simulates change
   ringing.  Bass note estimated
   from weight (12-0-19).

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
   There are no added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1946
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston 
   Auxiliary mechanisms: M     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2011

On a cathedral Webpage, the History page has a paragraph about the tower and bells.

On a different Cathedral Webpage, there is a photo of the building, but the tower is not visible.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston 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.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/11/19
   and on technical data last updated on 2011/04/30