HALIFAX - STJ : CANADA - NS

*Location:

   St.John's United Church
   Windsor & Willow Streets
   Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
   LL: N 44.65174, W 63.59789

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*Player:

   Alan W. Stewart  (A)
   80 Ochterloney Street, #304
   Dartmouth, NS  B2Y 4S5
   H: (902)461-4528   W: (902)424-8751
   E: stewarar@gov.ns.ca
      AlStew /@/ eastlink DOTca

*Contact:

   St.John's United Church
   6225 Willow Street
   Halifax, NS  B3L 1P1
   T: (902)423-8498
   E: stjohnsunited@hfx.eastlink.ca

*Schedule:

   Sunday mornings

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th and flat 7th;
   may have replaced an older chime.
   Hybrid keyboard has 13 batons in a
   straight line.
   2008: Church to be demolished in 2009;
   the fate of the bells is unknown.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1920
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of part of the building on the home page, and information about the chime on the Miscellaneous page.

Photos of chimestand and in belfry, by Joe Connors, from his AllChimes Website.

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).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NS.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 20-Nov-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/11/13
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/07/26

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