*Location:

   St.Peter's Anglican School
   Witkoppen Road at Grieff Road
   Paulshof, Sandton,
     Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
   LL: S 26.03165, E 28.03349

Site locator map
City locator maps and gazetteer page (for Sandton)

*Contact:

      Find current ringers' contact(s) at the Webpage of The Transvaal Society of Church Bell Ringers

   St.Peter's Anglican School
   *parcel:
     105 Witkoppen Road
     Paulshof
   *postal:
     PO Box 37
     Rivonia
   2128 Johannesburg
   T: 011 705 3423
   E: reception /@/ stpeters DOTco DOTza
   - or -
   Ms. Monica Sloan
   E: msloane /@/ stpeters DOTco DOTza

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Completed by Bowditch & Higby,
   hung in a new frame by Higby.

   f#2, 22.25", 2-0-11, 1905, Whitechapel
   g#2, 19.5",  1-2-0,  2011, B&H
   a#2, 17.75", 1-0-25, 1938, Taylor
   b2,  16.8",  1-0-6,  1887, Warner
   c#3, 16.5",  1-0-17, 2011, B&H
   d#3, 15.5",  0-3-24, 2011, B&H

*Technical data:

   Ring of  6 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the treble octave
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   Transposition is not applicable
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2011
     with bells made by M.Higby and others 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

The school Website seems to have no photo of the chapel, no campus map, and no mention of the bells, although it has been reported elsewhere that bands of ringers will be trained at both the Boys School and the Girls School.

A news article about the dedication of the bells has photos of them.

Video of ringing

Dove's Guide Online

This work having fewer than 8 bells, it is not indexed by foundry.

Ranking among all rings in this region by pitch (weight).
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Index to all tower bell instruments in South Africa (ZA).

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2012/10/21