ROTTNEST ISLAND : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   Holy Trinity Catholic Church
   Henderson Avenue
   Rottnest Island,
     Western Australia, Australia
   LL: S 31.99732, E 115.54030 z18

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*Player:

   (The visiting public)

*Contact:

   Rottnest Island Authority
   PO Box 693
   Fremantle  WA 6959
   T: 8 9432 9300   F: 8 9432 9301
   E: enquiries@rottnestisland.com

*Schedule:

   (On demand)

*Remarks:

   Keyboard in the porch below the deep
   bellcote.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up 19 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1985
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

*Links:

An illustrated blog article explains that the church is part of the parish of Fremantle.

Where 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 23-Dec-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/12/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/11/14

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