TURRAMURRA : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   St.James Anglican Church
   King Street
   Turramurra,
     Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
   LL: S 33.72909, E 151.12790
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City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Ringers' contact(s):

   Elaine Lee
   T: (02)9481 9262
   E: elaine_41@bigpond.com
   - or -
   Nick Lampe
   T: (02)9449 3559
   E: nickandanne@optusnet.com.au
   - or -
   Tony Wyatt
   T: (02)9144 4690
   E: wyattw@optushome.com.au

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

*Contact:

   St.James Church
   King Street
   Turramurra
   T: (02)9144 4090
   E: (Webform)
   E: rev.stead@stjamesturramurra.org.au
   W: www.stjamesturramurra.org.au

*Schedule:

   Practice Monday 1900-2030; service
   Sunday 1800-1855 (1st, 3rd & 5th),
   2nd & 4th by arrangement.

*Remarks:

   One bell dated 1924; 5 added 1940;
   2 trebles added 1978.  Reported as
   9-3-9 in A-flat or 9-3-21 in Ab.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 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 whole instrument was installed in 1978
     with bells made by Taylor
   Year of latest technical information source is 1988

*Links:

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 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 21-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/17


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