GEORGETOWN : CANADA - ON

   Lawson Memorial Chimes

*Location:

   Northwest tower
   Knox Presbyterian Church
   Main Street South, at Church Street
   Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 43.64863, W 79.92529

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*Player:

   Gail Thompson, Carillonneur

*Contact:

   Knox Presbyterian Church
   116 Main Street South
   Georgetown, ON  L7G 3E6
   T: (905)877-7585   F: (905)877-1329
   E: knoxpc@cogeco.ca

*Schedule:

   Sundays before church, 1040-55

*Technical data:

   Chime with Ellacombe stand of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  8 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1922
     with bells made by Taylor      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012

*Links:

The church Website has several photos of the building, but doesn't mention the chime.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in ON.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jan-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/01/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/01/20

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