BALLARAT - STP : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   St.Peter's Anglican Church
   Sturt Street (west end),
     between Ripon and Pleasant Streets
   Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
   LL: S 37.56037, E 143.84043

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Bob House
   10 Parker Street North
   Ballarat, Victoria  3350
   T: (03)5331 5461
   E: house/@/ncable DOTnet DOTau
   - or -
   Ed Dunens
   T: (03)5332 2941
   E: dunens@ncable.net.au

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

*Contact:

   St.Peter's Church
   *parcel:
     1307 Sturt Street
     Ballarat  VIC 3350
   *postal:
     PO Box W212, Ballarat West
   T: (03)5332 3929
   E: frger@ncable.net.au

*Schedule:

   Practice Wednesday 1930-2030 (call);
   service Sunday 0930-1000 (call ahead)

*Remarks:

   Originally only 6 could be rung, and 2
   chimed.  After retuning (1965-6) and
   rehanging, all 8 ring.

*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
   The whole instrument was installed in 1892
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1988

*Links:

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

Where 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 21-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/17

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