*Location:

   Southwest tower
   Cathedral Church of St.Andrew (Anglican)
   George Street at Bathurst Street
     (near Town Hall)
   Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
   LL: S 33.87395, E 151.20598

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City locator maps and gazetteer page

*Ringers' contact(s):

   Lexi Prabhakar
   H: (02)9526 2250   C: 0409 526 009
   E: lexi.prabhakar@gmail.com
   - or -
   Bill Perrins
   T: (02)9858 4766
   E: perrins/@/aapt DOTnet DOTau

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

*Contact:

   St.Andrew's Cathedral
   Box Q190, Queen Victoria Building PO
   Sydney  NSW 1230
   T: (02)9265 1661   F: (02)9264 6532
   E: cathedral@sydney.anglican.asn.au

*Schedule:

   Practice Monday 6-8pm;
   for service Sunday 0945-1030.

*Remarks:

   Ring of 12 plus flat 6th (added 1984);
   present 2nd added 1985, treble 1988.
   First 10 all dated 1964.

*Technical data:

   Ring of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in 1988
     with  1 bells made by Taylor       
   Prior history:
     In 1985, the instrument was enlarged to 12 bells
       by Taylor      
       (1 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1984, the instrument was enlarged to 11 bells
       by Taylor      
       (1 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1965, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Taylor      
       There were no added semitones
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1989

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

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Index to all tower bell instruments in Australia.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/12/19