ATLANTA - STL : USA - GA

*Location:

   Robert C. Alston II Memorial Bell Tower
   St.Luke's Episcopal Church
   Peachtree Street NE near Pine Street
   Atlanta, Georgia, USA
   LL: N 33.76627, W 84.38500

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*Contact:

   Judith Smith, Tower Captain
   H: (678)595-8558
   E: jasmith/@/aaronsmith DOTcom
   - or -
   Lyn Barnett, Ringing Master
   H: (404)931-8454   W: (404)237-7879
   E: lbarnett/@/hrrlaw DOTcom
   - or -
   Dr.Arlan Sunnarborg, Director of Music
   T: (404)873-7620
   E: arlan@stlukesatlanta.org
   - or -
   St.Luke's Church
   435 Peachtree Street NE
   Atlanta, GA  30308-3228
   T: (404)873-7600   F: (404)873-7660

*Schedule:

   Practice Thursday 1900-2100,
   Saturday 0930-1130 (1st,3rd only,
   alternating with St.James, Marietta);
   Sunday 1000-1015 (approx.), 1100-1115

*Remarks:

   Back eight came from St.Helen's,
   Escrick, Yorkshire, England, for
   which they were cast in 1924 by Mears &
   Stainbank; augmented for this
   installation.  All blessed 9 July 2000,
   and dedicated 22 Oct 2000.

*Technical data:

   Ring of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 2000
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 2000, the instrument was begun with  8 bells
       by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website has an overhead view of the church in the Photo Gallery, though there's no index to make it easy to find.  The same photo, or a campus map, is apparently intended to appear on the Our Campus page (under Our Church), but doesn't.  There is a page of text about the bells in the Music section (under Ministries).

A former Website maintained by St.Luke's Guild of Change Ringers has disappeared.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American rings by pitch/weight.
Ranking among all North American rings by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American rings by year of completion.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in GA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  3-May-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/04/27

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