*Location:

   Ons Dorp Retirement Village
   McLeod Road at Willem Straat
   Henderson,
     West Auckland,
       North Island, New Zealand
   LL: S 36.87793, E 174.63957

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   2002-2016:
     (in storage)
   1980-2002:
     Bonsel Jewellers
     368 Great North Road

*Contact:

   Ons Dorp Retirement Village
   36 McLeod Road
   Henderson,
     Auckland 0612
   T: 09-838-6567
   E: onsdorp@onsdorp.co.nz

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Lightweight chime with clock;
   vanished after shop closed in 2002,
   but later reappeared here.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1980
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

This site and its history are also described here, because it was listed as defunct before it was rediscovered at its present location.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry.

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.

   This page was built from the database on 15-May-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/03/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/03/20