*Location:

   Church of Sts. Peter & Paul
   Cattistock, Dorset, England
   OS Ref. SY 59 99

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*Player:

   Jef Denyn visited annually to play a
   recital and reprogram the drum.

*Remarks:

   Tower was designed for the carillon,
   and completed in 1876.
   First 33 bells were cast in 1872 by
   Severin van Aerschodt, Louvain,
   the gift of Rev.H.Keith Barnes, rector;
   delivered in 1887 but not installed.
   Last two bells, the gift of rector
   Rev.R.P.Stickland, were cast in 1899
   by Felix van Aerschodt, who then
   installed the whole carillon.
   Three octaves, including keyboard D#
   but not C# or F#; 8 basses hung for
   change-ringing.
   Destroyed by fire in September, 1940;
   scrap metal recast into a ring of 8
   by Mears, 1953.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s), i.e., from C to C#
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   There is no practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1899
     with  0 bells made by vanAerschodt     
   Prior history:
     In 1872, the instrument was begun with 33 bells
       by vanAerschodt    
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nBQR8M
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

This site and its history are also described here.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the van Aerschodt bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the van Aerschodt bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on 10-Mar-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/03/05
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/03/05