MELBOURNE - STPC : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   St.Paul's Cathedral (Anglican)
   Flinders & Swanston Streets
   Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
   LL: S 37.81657, E 144.96732

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Michael Pointer
   T: (03)9826 3069   C: 0418 564 350
   E: pointerm@bigpond.net.au
   - or -
   Helen Pettet
   T: (03)9376 6508
   E: helenpettet/@/yahoo DOTcom DOTau

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

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Cathedral
   Flinders & Swanston Sts
   Melbourne  VIC 3000
   T: (03)9653 4333   F: (03)9653 4307
   E: welcome@stpaulscathedral.org.au

*Schedule:

   Practice Wednesday 1830-2030;
   service Sunday 0940-1030 (2nd & 4th),
   1700-1800 (1st, 3rd & 5th)

*Remarks:

   Ring of 12 with sharp 2nd;
   was the first 12 outside Britain.
   Retuned (tenor from 31cwt to 29-1-12)
   and rehung in 1963-4.

*Technical data:

   Ring of 13 bells (12+1)
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The bells were re-tuned in 1964
     by Taylor      
   Prior history:
     In 1889, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 2011

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

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

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor 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 1996/06/01

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