*Location:
Saint Peter's Cathedral Basilica Dufferin Avenue at Richmond Street London, Ontario, Canada LL: N 42.98723, W 81.25012
*Player:
(unknown)
*Contact:
Saint Peter's Cathedral Basilica 196 Dufferin Avenue London, ON N6A 1K8 T: (519)432-3475 F: (519)432-5358 E: basilica@rcec.london.on.ca
*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
Originally a 5-bell clock chime (1935) by Gillett & Johnston, of which only one small bell apparently remains. Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th. A further expansion to 35 bells was planned but never occurred.
*Technical data:
Electric-keyboard (from organ) chime of 12 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is D in the middle octave
Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
Keyboard range: D F# / NONE
There are two added semitones
The whole instrument was installed in 1958
with bells made by Petit & Fritsen (except for 1)
Year of latest technical information source is 2008
*Links:
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Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
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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 11-Jun-09 based on textual data last updated on 2009/01/25 and on technical data last updated on 2009/01/25
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