*Location:

   Cathedral Church of Christ
   (Christchurch Cathedral)
   Cathedral Square
   Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand
   LL: S 43.53081, E 172.63675

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Mike Clayton
   E: mike.clayton/@/ext.canterburyDOTac.nz
   - or -
   Chris Oldham, Ringing Master
   Flat 8, 37 Geraldine Street
   St. Albans
   Christchurch  8001
   W: 3/366 0046
   E: admin/@/christchurchcathedral.co.nz

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   None - bells out of commission.

*Remarks:

   Ring of 12 with flat 6th, replacing old
   ring removed in 1978 and sold for
   scrap in 1979.
   2011Fe22: Building suffered severe
   damage from an earthquake, with stone
   spire and upper belfry collapsing into
   the base of the tower; all bells
   fell, but most were unbroken.
   2012Se: Bells shipped to Taylor for
   refurbishment.
   2014My: Refurbished & new bells
   arrived in a container shipment.

*Technical data:

   Ring of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   All bells were recast or replaced in 1978
     by Taylor      
   Prior history:
     In 1880, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Taylor      
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was C# in the middle octave
       There were no added semitones
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

Article and photo (#3 of 4 in slide show) about destruction after the major earthquake on 22 Feb 2011, which collapsed the spire and much of the tower of this Cathedral.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor 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 New Zealand.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2014/08/07
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/11/18