PAPANUI : NEW ZEALAND

*Location:

   St.Paul's Anglican Church
   Harewood Road near Papanui Road
   Papanui, Christchurch,
     South Island, New Zealand
   LL: S 43.49698, E 172.60650

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*Contact:

   Robbie Richards
   E: richardsfive@yahoo.co.nz

*Schedule:

   Practice Wednesday 1930-2100;
   service Sunday 0910-1000
   2011: ringing suspended until further
   notice.

*Remarks:

   First 5 bells from 1880 by Warner;
   sixth added 1969 by Taylor.
   Steel-framed wooden tower.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1983
     with bells made by Taylor       (except for 6)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The ANZAB Webpage about this ring has at least a photo of the tower, and possibly additional information.  "Ringing suspended until further notice."

The initial phases of this work having fewer than 8 bells, it is not indexed by foundry.
Where the final phase of 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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