*Location:
St.Andrew Parish Church Presteigne/Llanandras, Powys (Radnorshire), Wales OS Ref. SO 320 645 LL: N 52.2743, W 3.0054
*Player:
(unknown)
*Contact:
(unknown)
*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
A ring of 6 cast by Rudhall of Gloucester in 1717; tenor recast and 2 trebles added by Whitechapel in 1906; priest's bell recast and hung in the belfry the same year. Automatic drum, made in 1726, mostly of wood, is weight-driven, tripped from tower clock at 0300, 0900, 1500, 2100; 2 tunes alternate; 14 hammers--2 to each bell except treble and tenor.
*Technical data:
Ring of 8 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is F in the middle octave Transposition is not applicable Keyboard range: ROPE / NONE There are no added semitones Work was done (as described in Remarks above) in 1717 by the maker cited in Remarks above Year of latest technical information source is 1993
*Links:
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 Wales.
*Status:
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