PETERBOROUGH - STJ : CANADA - ON

   The People's Chime

*Location:

   St.John the Evangelist Anglican Church
   Brock Street,
     between Water and Sheridan Streets
   Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 44.30672, W 78.31782

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*Player:

   Bruce Pond

*Contact:

   St.John's Church
   99 Brock Street
   Peterborough, ON  K9H 2P2
   T: (705)745-7624
   E: office@stjohnspeterborough.ca

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original added semitones chime were
   sharp 4th, flat 7th, and flat 9th.
   Although all bells are reported as by
   Taylor, there is a sign from Mears &
   Stainbank's agent in Montreal
   (Hugh Russell & Sons).

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 19 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by Taylor      
   Prior history:
     In 1994, the instrument was enlarged to 15 bells
       by Taylor      
       (1 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1993, the instrument was enlarged to 14 bells
       by Taylor      
       (1 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
     In 1911, the instrument was begun with 13 bells
       by Taylor      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor 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 ON.

*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 2005/02/12

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