*Location:

   Christ Church 
   on Ridge to US Club
   Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
   LL: N 31.10429, E 77.17584

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Christ Church Annexe
   The Mall
   Ridge to US Club
   Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
   T: 98782 19610

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes, presumably from England;
   possibly also a conventional bell.
   Church was originally Anglican, but
   is now associated with True Jesus Church.

*Technical data:

   Chime with Ellacombe stand of  6 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     C A   /    NONE  
   Transposition is unknown
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1900
     with tubular bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

An archived history of the church mentions that the tower "contains a clock, a brass bell, and peal of six tubular bells, which was erected in 1900."  [That single bell is of course bronze.]
An archived About Us page explains the True Jesus Church, from its origin in 1917, when it "was set up by native Chinese who wanted to follow the Bible and not the teachings of western denominations that they broke from".

The English Wikipedia article about the church has photos of the building, and mentions a clock installed in 1860, but not any bells.

The church's Facebook page has not been updated since 2020, but does offer a video clip that shows operation of the 6-note taut-rope rack for the bells.

A tourism page has three photos, but its report of 5 tubular bells is incorrect.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of its maker.

Ranking among all tower tube instruments by size (number of notes).

Index to all tower tube instruments in India.
Index to all tower bell instruments in India.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/10/05
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/10/05