PORT HOPE : CANADA - ON

*Location:

   St.Paul's Presbyterian Church
   Walton Street at Brown Street
   Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 43.95209, W 78.29690
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*Player:

   Andrew Wood
   E: 5arw @ qlink DOTqueensu.ca

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Presbyterian Church
   *parcel:
     131 Walton Street
     Port Hope, ON  L1A 2P8
   *postal:
     PO Box 311
     Port Hope, ON  L1A 3W4
   - or -
   David J. McBride
   H: (905)885-2591   W: (416)885-2622 [ch]
   E: david.mcbride@sympatico.ca

*Schedule:

   Sundays 1020-30

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th.
   Original source gave place name as
   FORT HOPE, a typographical error.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     E F#  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   There is a practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1912
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004
*Links:

A page about the Oshawa chime includes a photo of the tower and chimestand here.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.

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  6-Mar-14
   based on textual data last updated on 2014/03/05
   and on technical data last updated on 2014/03/05
*Photos:

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