CAPE TOWN - W : S AFRICA

*Location:

   St.Mary's Church
   Albert Road (R102) at Station Street
   Woodstock
     Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa
   LL: S 33.92665, E 18.44658
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*Contact:

      Find current ringers' contact(s) at the Webpage of The South African Guild of Church Bell Ringers

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*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Bells by Barwell of Birmingham, England,
   cast 1902, installed 1903;
   first peal in Africa rung 22 Dec 1904.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1903
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005
*Links:

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all chimes in this region by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all chimes in this region by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all chimes in this region by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in South Africa (ZA).

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 14-Dec-20
   based on textual data last updated on 2020/12/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/06/01
*Photos:

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