HAMILTON - STP : CANADA - ON

*Location:

   St.Paul's Presbyterian Church
   James Street South at Jackson Street
   Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 43.25485, W 79.87011
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*Player:

   Walter K. Plater
   59 Corinaldo Drive
   Hamilton, ON  L8W 3T9
   T: (905)388-7339

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Church
   70 James Street South
   Hamilton, ON  L8P 2Y8
   T: (905)522-2792   F: (905)522-2791
   E: stpaulspresby@on.aibn.com

*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Claimed to have the tallest stone
   church spire in Canada.
   Added semitones are A#, D.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     E F#  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1906
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in ON.

*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 1992/05/18

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