Chime-sized instrument or collection of 7 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the bass octave
Keyboard range: ---- / ----
Transposition is unknown
The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
is non-standard; see Remarks above.
The whole instrument was installed in 19xx
with bells made by an unknown maker
No auxiliary mechanisms known
Tower details not available
Year of latest technical information source is 2025
*Links:
The English Wikipedia
article about the church
has an aerial photo in which the bell tower is barely visible, and bells are not mentioned.
Photo
including the bell tower
A news
article about repair work on the tower includes a
clickable
photo in which the 7 bells bells can be seen clearly.
A video walk (5:33) around the roof
of the Rotunda has a couple of glimpses of the bell tower.
It is followed by a climb of the tower, with a view through a window into the clock room,
then views of the bells, some having clock hammers.
Video (1:00)
of bells at Xewkija Rotunda (but ringers not visible)
Video (1:58) of 5 bells
in Maltese stationary zvon (but ringers not visible)
A set of "Relaxation Sound" videos made in 2022 provides the sound of each individual bell,
tolling every 15 seconds for 10 minutes.
In order from lightest to heaviest: LA#3
- 1948, 390kg, Foundry - Pierre Paccard, France LA3
- 1735, 865kg, Foundry - Aloisio Bouchut from Order of Saint John, Malta
[effectively replaced by Taylor F#3] FA#3
- 2006, 865kg, Foundry - John Taylor Bell Foundry, England RE3
- 1788, 1300kg, Foundry - Brothers Trigance from Order of Saint John, Malta DO#3
- 2006, 1790kg, Foundry - John Taylor Bell Foundry, England LA#2
- 1893, 2800kg. Foundry - Giulano Cauchi, Bormla, Malta FA#2
- 2006, 4825kg, Foundry - John Taylor Bell Foundry, England
Where the three Taylor bells lie in the total sequence of output of the
Taylor bellfoundry.
This work having fewer than 8 bells, it is not indexed by number, weight or year.
