*Location:

   St.George North Church (of Scotland)
   George Square (Union & Nelson Streets)
   Greenock,
     Strathclyde (Renfrewshire), Scotland

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*Player:

   None - church closed 30 Nov 2006.

   1936-2006 Andrew McKellar

*Remarks:

   Originally 7 bells, of which 6 were
   supplied in 1889 by Gillett & Co. and
   were rung to changes by a chiming
   machine; an octave treble was supplied
   at some unknown point.  In 1912, G&J
   added a bass and the missing treble,
   and recast old #6 (of 8) a half-tone
   lower [to change key]; in 1913 the
   remaining 5 from 1889 were recast.
   Fire gutted the tower in 1948; floors,
   clavier and chiming machine were
   destroyed, and at least two bells were
   cracked; all recast in 1950 to form
   an octave with sharp 4th and flat 7th;
   keyboard range assumed.
   Fall 2007: bells removed from tower to
   storage in care of Scottish Assn. of
   Change Ringers and Keltek Trust;
   re-use within Scotland is intended.
   Baton keyboard, transmission and
   clappers were not salvaged.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
   There are two added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1950
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston 
   Prior history:
     In 1913, some bells were recast or replaced
       with bells made by Gillett & Johnston
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was E  in the middle octave
       Keyboard range was:     C D   /    NONE  
       Transposition was up  4 semitone(s), i.e., from C to E 
       There were no added semitones
     In 1912, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nB    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

This site and its history are also described here.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the and in the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on 24-Feb-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/11/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/09