BATHURST - A : AUSTRALIA

*Location:

   All Saints' Anglican Cathedral
   King's Parade
   Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
   LL: S 33.418, E 149.580 

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*Contact:

   All Saints' Cathedral
   *parcel:
     3 Church Street
     Bathurst, NSW 2795
   *postal:
     PO Box 258
     Bathurst, NSW 2795
   T: 02 6331 4711   F: 02 6331 4347
   E: bxcathedral@ix.net.au

*Schedule:

   None - in storage.

*Remarks:

   Originally a ring of 6 by Warner, cast
   in 1854 & hung in 1855; treble recast
   in 1860.  Removed to storage in 1970
   on demolition of the old building;
   refurbished in 1988 by Eayre & Smith,
   but not then hung.
   Extended to 9 (ring of 8 + toll) by
   Taylor in 2004; one of the new bells is
   a heavier tenor, and the original tenor
   will become the service bell.
   Apr.2008: New tower under construction;
   dedication planned for 1 Nov.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument will be re-installed in 2008
     with bells made by Taylor in 2004 (except for 5)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

*Links:

A news article (Nov'07) reports the current status of the project, including the expectation that the tower may be built (and the bells finally hung) in the near future.

The Cathedral Website is closely associated with a separate Website for the project to build a tower and hang these bells.

Interactive map of Bathurst city center, with carillon and cathedral (both on Church Street) shown at lower left corner

The initial phase of this work having fewer than 8 bells, it is not indexed.  (But see the Warner foundry index for other work by them.)
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 Australia.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 15-Apr-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/13

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