EXETER : CANADA - ON

*Location:

   Trivitt Memorial Church (Anglican)
     and Precious Blood Mission (RC)
   Main Street
   Exeter, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 43.353, W 81.482

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Trivitt Memorial Church
   PO Box 253
   Exeter, ON  N0M 1S1
   T: (519)235-2565

*Schedule:

   Ringing practice Saturday 1-4pm;
   service ringing Sunday 1030-35;
   chiming Saturday 1200-20, 1240-1300;
   service chiming Sunday 1035-1100,
   1230(approx)-1300

*Remarks:

   The six bass bells are each hung for
   swinging in standard American fittings,
   but the roping has been modified to
   permit them to swing full circle (but
   without stays); this makes change
   ringing possible, though difficult.
   Added semitone is flat 7th.
   Restoration planned, including
   tuning and rehanging.

*Technical data:

   Chime with Ellacombe stand of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1890
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

How Trivitt Memorial Church came to be designed and built

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry.

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).

Why this chime was a milestone in North American chime history (1890).

Index to all tower bell instruments in ON.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 25-Sep-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/09/19
   and on technical data last updated on 1999/12/31

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