AUCKLAND - SV : NEW ZEALAND

*Location:

   Chapel of Christ the King
   Selwyn Village
   Shaftesbury Avenue at St.Francis Cres.
   Point Chevalier
   Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
   LL: S 36.86575, E 174.69847
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Selwyn Village
   *parcel:
     43 Target Street
   *postal:
     PO Box 44106
   Pt Chevalier
     Auckland 1246
   T: (09)846 0119   F: (09)845 0700
   E: mail@selwyncare.org.nz

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bass note estimated from weight (6-2-0)
   but also reported as 11, 3-2-5.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1961
     with bells made by Taylor      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2011
*Links:

A news page has a photo of the chapel and bell tower.

Where 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 New Zealand.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  4-Dec-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/04/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2011/04/30
*Photos:

(none available)


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