*Location:

   Holy Trinity Parish Church
   South Street (A918) at Church Street
   St.Andrews, Fife, Scotland
   OS Ref. NO 509 166
   LL: N 56.33975, W 2.79589

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*Carillonist:

   Callum MacLeod, Provost

*Contact:

   Rev. Rory McLeod
   Holy Trinity Manse
   17 Queen's Gardens
   St.Andrews  KY16 9TA
   T: 334/71494  or  334/74994
   E: annicerory@hotmail.com
   - or -
   Mr. H. Eagle, Church Officer
   13 Abbey Court
   St.Andrews
   - or -
   Holy Trinity Church
   South Street
   Saint Andrews
   Fife  KY16 9UH

*Schedule:

   Sunday 1045-1100

*Remarks:

   Keyboard has dropped keys for the rest
   of the treble octave plus bass
   semitones.  Cambridge quarters.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 27 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C E   /    C C 11
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s), i.e., from C to C#
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1998
     with  4 bells made by Taylor       
   Prior history:
     In 1962, the instrument was enlarged to 23 bells
       by Taylor      
       (6 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
       Keyboard range was:     C C   /    C C 11
     In 1938, the instrument was enlarged to 17 bells
       by Taylor      
       (2 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1926, the instrument was begun with 15 bells
       by Taylor      
   Auxiliary mechanisms: HQ4   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

The church Website mentions the latest bells on the Building/Church page.  A sketch of the tower appears at the top of the Building/Church/History page; an exterior photo is about halfway down that page; and there is mention of original 15 bells near the bottom of the page.  A good exterior photo appears on the Church Photographs page.

British Carillon Society page, with 5 photos

On the city Website is a virtual tour of the church.

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Index to all traditional carillons in this region.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Scotland.

   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 2005/09/08