*Location:
Robert C. Alston II Memorial Bell Tower St.Luke's Episcopal Church Peachtree Street NE near Pine Street Atlanta, Georgia, USA LL: N 33.76627, W 84.38500
*Ringers' contact(s):
Judith Smith, Tower Captain H: (678)595-8558 E: jasmith/@/aaronsmith DOTcom - or - Lyn Barnett, Ringing Master H: (404)931-8454 W: (404)237-7879 E: lbarnett/@/hrrlaw DOTcom
Verify the current ringers' contact(s) at the NAGCR Website.
*Contact:
Dr.Arlan Sunnarborg, Director of Music T: (404)873-7620 E: arlan@stlukesatlanta.org - or - St.Luke's Church 435 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30308-3228 T: (404)873-7600 F: (404)873-7660
*Schedule:
Practice Thursday 1900-2100, Saturday 0930-1130 (1st,3rd only, alternating with St.James, Marietta); Sunday 1000-1015 (approx.), 1100-1115
*Remarks:
Back eight came from St.Helen's, Escrick, Yorkshire, England, for which they were cast in 1924 by Mears & Stainbank; augmented for this installation. All blessed 9 July 2000, and dedicated 22 Oct 2000.
*Technical data:
Ring of 10 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is F in the middle octave Transposition is not applicable Keyboard range: ROPE / NONE There are no added semitones The instrument was enlarged in 2000 with bells made by Eijsbouts Prior history: In 2000, the instrument was begun with 8 bells by Whitechapel Year of latest technical information source is 2001
*Links:
A former Website maintained by St.Luke's Guild of Change Ringers has disappeared.
Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Ranking among all North American rings by pitch/weight.
Ranking among all North American rings by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American rings by year of completion.
Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Index to all tower bell instruments in GA.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 3-Jan-10 based on textual data last updated on 2010/01/02 and on technical data last updated on 2001/04/27
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