GERMISTON : S AFRICA

*Location:

   City Hall Tower
   Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa
   LL: S 26.22, E 28.18

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*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1935
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston
   Year of latest technical information source is 1935

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Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all non-traditional carillons in this region by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all non-traditional carillons in this region by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all non-traditional carillons in this region by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in South Africa (ZA).

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  9-Jan-08
   based on textual data last updated on 1979/03/13
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/07/09

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