NELSON - CC : NEW ZEALAND

*Location:

   Christ Church Cathedral
   Trafalgar Square
   Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
   LL: S 41.27606, E 173.28382
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Christ Church Cathedral
   PO Box 657
   Nelson
   T: (03)548-1008   F: (03)548-3264
   E: office@nelsoncathedral.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Octave presumed; bass note presumed
   from weight of 8-1-16.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is B  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1965
     with bells made by Taylor      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2011
*Links:

The Cathedral Website has a photo of the bell tower on the Contact page, but there is no mention of the bells, nor any history of the cathedral.

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 23-Feb-13
   based on textual data last updated on 2013/02/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2011/04/30
*Photos:

(none available)


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