MARYBOROUGH : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   St.Paul's Anglican Church
   Lennox and Ellena Streets
     (opposite railway station)
   Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
   LL: S 25.53865, E 152.70046
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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Ruth Andersen
   T: (07)4121 5920
   E: flinnneville@bigpond.com

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

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Church
   PO Box 329
   Maryborough  QLD 4650
   T: (07)4121 4745   F: (07)4121 4799
   E: parish@anglicanmaryborough.org.au
   W: www.anglicanmaryborough.org.au

*Schedule:

   Practice Sunday 5:30pm; call ahead

*Remarks:

   Bells cast 1886 by Mears & Stainbank.
   Flat 4th (=5#) provides a middle six.
   Refurbishing by Whitechapel in 2012
   included removal of canons.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The bells were re-tuned in 2012
     by Whitechapel 
   Prior history:
     In 1888, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Whitechapel 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2012
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.
*Links:

News article, with video and photo gallery, on return of the bells, which had been sent to Whitechapel for refitting.

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.
The retuning is not indexed.

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 30-Nov-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/11/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/11/28
*Photos:

(none available)


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