SYDNEY - STJ : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   St.James' Church (Queen's Square)
   King Street and Phillip Street
   Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
   LL: S 33.86942, E 151.21098

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Kirsten Crosby
   E: kirsten/@/cumberlandecology DOTcom.au

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

*Contact:

   St.James' Church (Queen's Square)
   Level 1, 169-171 Phillip Street
   Sydney, NSW 2000
   T: 02 8227 1300   F: 02 9232 4182
   E: office/@/sjks DOTorg DOTau

*Schedule:

   Practice Tue 6-8pm (1st Tue 1845-2030);
   service Sunday 1015-1100

*Remarks:

   Tenor by John Rudhall, 1795; frame from
   St.Luke's, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;
   bells cast late 2002, inst. early 2003.
   Also a service bell by Thomas Mears
   the younger, 1820.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2003
     with bells made by Taylor       (except for 1)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

*Links:

The church Website has a tiny photo of the building in the right margin of the home page, and a page about the bells (under About Us).  A history page (in the same place) has another photo of the building.

A Wikipedia article about the church has three exterior photos of the building, all clickable for larger versions.  The bells are mentioned.

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 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 24-Nov-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/11/19
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/12/19

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