Victory Carillon
*Location:
St.Paul Church
St.Paul's Drive at Childs Road
Alverthorpe,
Wakefield, Yorkshire/West Riding,
England
OS Ref. SE 308 219
LL: N 53.69214, W 1.53183
*Player:
(unknown)
*Contact:
St.Paul Church St.Paul's Drive Alverthorpe Wakefield, W Yorks WF2 0FQ - or - The Vicarage St.Paul's Drive Alverthorpe, Wakefield W Yorks WF2 0JS T: 01924 383724 E: vicar2 /@/ kheokapfo DOTnet
*Schedule:
Sunday services and special occasions.
*Remarks:
Added semitones are sharp 4th (#7), flat 7th (b4), flat 9th (#3).
*Technical data:
Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 13 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is G in the middle octave
Transposition is up 7 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: C E / ----
There are three added semitones
The instrument was enlarged in 1955
with bells made by Taylor
Prior history:
In 1946, the instrument was begun with 8 bells
by Taylor
Year of latest technical information source is 1977
*Links:
Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Ranking among all British Isles chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all British Isles chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all British Isles chimes by year of completion.
Index to all tower bell instruments in England.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 22-Jun-08 based on textual data last updated on 2008/06/05 and on technical data last updated on 1979/03/28
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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