*Location:

   St.Paul's Anglican Church
   Church Road at NZ State Highway 1
   Glenmark, Canterbury, New Zealand
   LL: S 43.04654, E 172.78407

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Glenmark-Waikiri Parish
   173 Church Road
   Glenmark 7483
   T: 027 9778139
   E: elsapeth.wingham@gmail.com  (Vicar)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  8 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1907
     with tubular bells made by an unknown maker 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

A diocesan page for the parish has contact information.

The parish Website has an Oct'24 article mentioning that "the Church restoration is not complete", but an Aug'24 article says "It has been a long 14 years but the last of the earthquake repair projects has been completed [at St Paul's, Glenmark-Waikari] ... "

The church's Facebook group has no useful information for visitors.

https://d2u4q3iydaupsp.cloudfront.net/uploads/2000-constrained-fe4cfc4d-15dd-46d9-8096-f3668a868787 Building photo

The Friends of Glenmark Church have a Church history, with a photo (though some Web browsers may encounter an error).  The home page has another photo.

A 2023 magazine article describes earthquake damage and restoration, and mentions the bells.

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 the world.
Index to all tower bell instruments in New Zealand.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/12/28