PONSONBY : NEW ZEALAND

*Location:

   All Saints Anglican Church
   Ponsonby Road at Ponsonby Terrace
   Ponsonby,
     Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
   LL: S 36.84970, E 174.74400

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   All Saints Church
   *parcel:
     284 Ponsonby Road
     Ponsonby 1011
   *postal:
     PO Box 47625
     Ponsonby 1144
   T: (09)376-1304   F: (09)376-9266
   E: (Webform, allsaintsponsonby.org.nz)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones uncertain; possibly
   sharp 4th, flat 7th, sharp octave.
   Also an older single bell.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is B  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     B D#  /    ----  
   There are three added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1957
     with bells made by Taylor      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2011

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the front of the building, but it does not show the bell tower.  However, the bells are mentioned on two of the History pages.

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 22-Oct-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/04/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2011/04/30

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