*Location:
Cathedral Church of SS.Michael & George
Church Square
Hill and High Streets
Grahamstown,
Cape Province, South Africa
LL: S 33.31018, E 26.52673
*Contact:
Verify current ringers' contact(s) at the Webpage of The South African Guild of Church Bell Ringers
Grahamstown Cathedral PO Box 102 Grahamstown 6140 T: (046)622-2445 - or - Prof. Colin Lewis, Ringing Master Geography Department Rhodes University PO Box 94 Grahamstown 6140 South Africa T: +27 +46 603 8322 E: c.lewis@ru.ac.za
*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
Major restoration in 1992-4, including rehang on new steel frame.
*Technical data:
Ring of 10 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
Transposition is not applicable
Keyboard range: ROPE / NONE
There are no added semitones
The instrument was enlarged in 1996
with bells made by Whitechapel
Prior history:
In 1879, the instrument was begun with 8 bells
by Warner
Year of latest technical information source is 1996
*Links:
A city historical attractions page has a photo of the building; see the linked page which is also (confusingly) called Historical Attractions for more photos and history.
Other maps:
Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Warner bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry,
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 11-Feb-08 based on textual data last updated on 2008/01/09 and on technical data last updated on 1996/06/01
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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