PORT HOPE : CANADA - ON

*Location:

   St.Paul's Presbyterian Church
   131 Walton Street
   Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 43.9518, W 78.2951

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*Player:

   Andrew Woodward

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Presbyterian Church
   131 Walton Street
   Port Hope, ON  L1A 2P8
   - or -
   PO Box 311
   Port Hope, ON  L1A 3W4
   - or -
   David J. McBride
   H: (905)885-2591   W: (416)885-2622 [ch]
   E: david.mcbride@sympatico.ca

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th.
   Once was listed as FORT HOPE, a place
   which is unlikely to be a tower bell
   site; probably a transcription error
   in original source.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   There is a practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1912
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004

*Links:

A page about the Oshawa chime includes a photo of the tower and chimestand here.

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 2005/02/12

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