SASKATOON : CANADA - SK

*Location:

   Cathedral of St.John the Evangelist
   (originally St.John's Church)
   Spadina Crescent East,
     above 23rd Street East
   Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
   LL: N 52.12963, W 106.65515

   200 block of 3rd Avenue South

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*Player:

   Church custodian

*Contact:

   St.John's Cathedral
   816 Spadina Crescent East
   Saskatoon, SK  S7K 3H4
   T: (306)242-5146
   E: stjohns@sasktel.net

*Schedule:

   For weddings and other special events

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes, probably by Harrington;
   reported as the second set of tubular
   bells in Canada.

*Technical data:

   Chime with Ellacombe stand of  8? tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1907
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

*Links:

The cathedral Website opens with a color photo of part of the building plus a tiny drawing which shows the entire tower and spire.  On the History page about the New Church, there is mention of the chime being moved from the old church.

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*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 23-Sep-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/08/11
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/08/03

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