WELLINGTON - STPA : NEW ZEALAND

*Location:

   Cathedral Church of St.Paul
   Molesworth & Hill Streets
   Wellington, North Island, New Zealand
   LL: S 41.27631, E 174.77765
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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Pleasance Purser
   473 Karaka Bay Road
   Seatoun, Wellington 3
   H: 4/388 6755   W: 4/471 9624
   - or -
   Mary Williams
   E: dbmmwill/@/clear DOTnet DOTnz

      Verify the current ringers' contact(s) at the ANZAB Website.

*Contact:

   Wellington Cathedral of St.Paul
   PO Box 12-044
   Wellington 6144
   T: (04)472 0286   F: (04)474 1555
   E: admin@wellingtoncathedral.org.nz

*Schedule:

   Practice Tuesday 1930-2100 (call ahead
   for entry arrangements); service
   Sunday 0930-1000 and 1630-1700.

*Remarks:

   Ring of 12 plus flat 6 and extra
   treble.  Eight of these bells (plus one
   recast) came from St.Edmund's,
   Northampton (Taylor, 1884); new bells
   cast in 1981.

*Technical data:

   Ring of 14 bells (12+2)
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1984
     with bells made by Taylor      
   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.

The older part of this work being partially recycled, it is not indexed by foundry.
Where the newest part 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 1992/11/18


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