DARLING POINT : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   Church of St.Mark (Anglican)
   Darling Point Road at Greenoaks Avenue
   Darling Point,
     Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
   LL: S 33.87477, E 151.23634

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   James Bunn
   C: 0412 223 777
   E: jeb@tpl.com.au

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

*Contact:

   St.Mark's Church
   Darling Point Road
   Darling Point  2027
   T: 9363 3657
   E: stmarkdp@bigpond.net.au
   W: www.stmarks-darlingpoint.com.au

*Schedule:

   Practice Monday 1800-1930;
   service Sunday 0905-0955

*Remarks:

   First 6 bells cast 1861 by
   Whitechapel, installed 1862.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1924
     with  2 bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1979

*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 phase 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 26-Jan-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/26
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/11/17

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