*Location:

   Holy Cross Catholic Church
   Parsonwood Hill
   Whitwick, Leicestershire, England
   OS Ref. SK 435 163
   LL: N 52.74288, W 1.35583

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Also a service bell.
   Taylor restored clavier and trans-
   mission in 2022, and added an electro-
   magnetic hammer for Angelus use
   (possibly on the service bell).

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 15 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    ----  
   Transposition is up  8 semitone(s), i.e., from C to G#
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1960
     with bells made by Taylor       
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

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 2022/09/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/16