HAMILTON : NEW ZEALAND

*Location:

   South transept tower
   Cathedral Church of St.Peter the Apostle
   Victoria Street (south end)
   Waikato
   Hamilton, North Island, New Zealand
   LL: S 37.79239, E 175.28639
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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Wendy Tyrrell
   E: bells/@/stpeter DOTorg DOTnz
   - or -
   David Kennett
   E: david/@/2media DOT co DOT nz

      Verify the current ringers' contact(s) at the ANZAB Website.

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Practice Wednesday 1930-2115;
   service every Sunday 0900-0945,
   and 4th Sunday 1715-1800

*Remarks:

   Tenor cast 1932, treble 1948.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1950
     with bells made by Taylor      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2011

*Links:

The bellringers' page

The ANZAB Webpage about this ring has at least a photo of the tower, and possibly additional information.

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 24-Nov-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/11/19
   and on technical data last updated on 2011/04/30


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