ALBURY : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   St.Matthew's Church
   Kiewa Street, north of Dean Street
   Albury, New South Wales, Australia
   LL: S 36.08011, E 146.91621
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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Pam Thorman
   T: 02/6021 3571
   E: pthorman/@/aapt DOTnet DOTau

      Verify the current ringers' contact(s) at the ANZAB Website.

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Practice Tuesday 1730-1900;
   service Sunday 0930-1000.

*Remarks:

   First 6 bells installed 1990 by Eayre &
   Smith, dedicated Feb.1991.  After a
   major fire, tower was heightened and
   2 trebles added.  Also a 25 cwt
   "bourdon" (Taylor, 1877, ex Glastonbury
   tenor) hung for swing chiming.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is G# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range: (D) ROPE 8/    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1992
     with  2 bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The ANZAB Webpage about this ring has at least a photo of the tower, and possibly additional information.

The initial phase of this work having fewer than 8 bells, it is not indexed by foundry.
Where the final stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Asia and the Pacific Rim chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in Australia.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 22-Oct-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/04/30
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/00/00


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