KILIFI : KENYA

*Location:

   The Memorial Church of St.Thomas
   Bofa Road, east of Hospital Road
   Kilifi, Coast Province, Kenya
   LL: S 3.63394, E 39.85822
Site locator map
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*Contact:

   ACK St.Thomas Memorial
   PO Box 48
   80108 Kilifi
   T: 0799 467 629
   E: ackstthomaskilifi2021@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   Practice Saturday afternoon

*Remarks:

   Hung in an 8-bell frame
*Bells:
   E, 24.5", 144kg, 1962, Taylor

*Technical data:

   Ring of  6 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   Transposition is not applicable
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1962
     with bells made by Taylor           
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005
*Links:

Dove's Guide Online

Google StreetView image (Bofa Road entrance to compound)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all rings in this region by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all rings in this region by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all rings in this region by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Kenya (KE).

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/22
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/07/09
*Photos:

(none available)

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