NEWCASTLE : CANADA - NB

*Location:

   St.James & St.John United Church
   (was St.James United Church)
   555 King George Highway
   (between George and Henry Streets)
   Newcastle,
     Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
   LL: N 47.0018, W 65.5682

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*Player:

   Connie Kukulski, Organist
   358 McKenna Avenue
   Miramichi, NB  E1V 1A6
   T: (506)622-4289
   E: kukulski@nb.sympatico.ca

*Contact:

   Newcastle Pastoral Charge
   567 King George Highway
   Miramichi, NB  E1V 1N2
   - or -
   PO Box 401
   Miramichi, NB  E1V 3M5
   T: (506)622-1598
   E: stjjuc@nbnet.nb.ca

*Schedule:

   Automatically at noon daily

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th and flat 7th.
   Given by Lord Beaverbrook.
   Electric keyboard near organ console;
   automatic system is electro-
   pneumatic with interchangeable brass
   drums.
   Newcastle was amalgamated with
   Chatham in 1996 to form Miramichi
   (pronounced MERE-a-ma-SHE).

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1947
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

*Links:

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

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

Why this chime was a milestone in North American chime history (1947).

Index to all tower bell instruments in NB.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  6-Apr-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/05/13

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