INVERCARGILL - FP : NEW ZEALAND

*Location:

   First Presbyterian Church
   Tay Street (Hwy.1) at Jed Street
   Invercargill, New Zealand
   LL: S 46.41323, E 168.35627
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   First Presbyterian Church
   PO Box 941
   Invercargill, Southland 9810
   T: 03 218 2560
   

*Schedule:

   For special occasions

*Remarks:

   Tubular bells, presumed by Harrington.
   Electrified; reported unusable.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  8 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1915
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008
*Links:

The church Website has a tour page which mentions the bells, their restoration and occasional use.

Stock photo of church and tower (day)
Stock photo of church and tower (night)

Photo of the tower

Photo of the building

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.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 23-Feb-13
   based on textual data last updated on 2013/02/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/11/12
*Photos:

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