SYDNEY - CC : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   Christ Church, St.Laurence
   George Street opp. Valentine Street
     (near Central Station)
   Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
   LL: S 33.88196, E 151.20471

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City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Ringers' contact(s):

   Basil Potts
   31/300a Burns Bay Road
   Lane Cove, NSW  2066
   T: 2/9428 5363
   E: ringers/@/ccsl DOTorg DOTau

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

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Practice Tuesday 1800-2000;
   service Sunday 0830-0900, 1000-1030.

*Remarks:

   First 6 bells cast 1852 by Taylor,
   installed 1856 or later.

*Technical data:

   Ring of 10 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 1984
     with  4 bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

*Links:

The church Website has a page about the bells.

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 14-Aug-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/07/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2009/07/30

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