KENILWORTH : ENGLAND -WA

*Location:

   St.John the Evangelist Parish Church
   Warwick Road, s/St.John's Street
   Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England
   OS Ref. SP 293 710
   LL: N 52.33697, W 1.57284
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.John's Church
   Warwick Road
   Kenilworth  CV8 1HY
   T: 01926 853203

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells dated 1949 (7) and 1950 (3: tenor
   & 2 semitones - sharp 4th & flat 7th)

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1950
     with bells made by Taylor      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008
*Links:

A page about this chime has details of the bells and photos in the belfry; the tenor has a free-swinging clapper that can be rung by a rope attached to an internal lever.

Where 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 14-Dec-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/12/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/01/09
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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