*Location:

   Clock tower
   Abberley Hall
   Worcestershire, England
   OS Ref. SO 75 68

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*Remarks:

   Built as a private estate, the Hall
   is now an independent school.
   Former 'carillon' demolished in 1939,
   leaving only enough bells for a
   clock chime (#1,3,5,9,11) struck by the
   original clock.  The chiming machine
   (by Gillett, Bland & Co., Croydon) was
   removed.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 20 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1884
     with bells made by Taylor           
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

This site and its history are described in more detail here.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/01/29
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/04/18