CALCUTTA (KOLKATA) - STJ : INDIA

*Location:

   Northwest tower
   St.James Church (Jora Girja)
   A.J.C. Bose Road
   Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India
   LL: N 22.55517, E 88.36511

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.James Church
   167 A.J.C. Bose Road
   Calcutta  700014
   T: 284-7483

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Chime, mechanism unknown but probably
   an Ellacombe stand.
   Pitch of bass bell estimated from the
   reported weight of 9 cwt.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1864
     with bells made by Warner      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

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Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Warner 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 India.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 12-Sep-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/09/10
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/12/31

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