JOHANNESBURG - E : S AFRICA

*Location:

   Easter Exhibition Grounds
   Milner Park
   Rand, Johannesburg, South Africa
   LL: S 26.186, E 28.024
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   In 1984, the long-running Easter
   Exhibition left these grounds, which
   then became the West Campus of the
   University of the Witwatersrand.
   The fate of these bells is unknown.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978
*Links:

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/22
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/02/01
*Photos:

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