WINNIPEG - K : CANADA - MB

*Location:

   Knox United Church
   (formerly Knox Presbyterian Church)
   Edmonton Street at Qu'Appelle Avenue
   Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
   LL: N 49.89539, W 97.14917

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Knox United Church
   400 Edmonton Street
   Winnipeg, MB  R3B 2M2
   T: (204)942-4579

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 16 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1912
     with bells made by Warner      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

*Links:

The church Website has a small sketch of the building and tower.

A large photo and brief history of this Manitoba Provincial Heritage Site

A local blog has an architectural drawing of the east elevation of the building, showing the tower.

B/W photo of the belfry and tower top

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Warner bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in MB.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jan-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/02/03

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