*Location:

   St.Michael & All Angels
   Church Lane
   Monkton Combe, Somerset, England
   OS Ref. ST 77223 61927
   LL: N 51.35595, W 2.32866

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*Player:

   P. Bossom, Verger
   E: avonviewmc@gmail.com

*Contact:

   St.Michael's Church Office
   The Avenue
   Combe Down
   Bath  BA2 5EH
   T: (01225) 835 835
   E: office/@/htcd DOTchurch

*Schedule:

   Before most services

*Remarks:

   Wall-mounted chimestand
   Also 2 ancient bells

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G 
   There are no added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1927
     with bells made by Taylor       
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  6 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   11 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  13 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:   5%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

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.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/09/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/09/30