TORONTO - STJA/1 : CANADA - ON

*Location:

   Upper belfry 
   St.James Cathedral 
   King Street East at Church Street 
   Toronto, Ontario, Canada
   LL: N 43.65017, W 79.37385

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*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.James Cathedral 
   65 Church Street 
   Toronto, ON  M5C 2E9 
   T: (416)364-7865   F: (416)364-0295 
   E: office@stjamescathedral.on.ca

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Electrified by Verdin with double 
   hammers to imitate the sound of 
   swinging bells.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in 1928
     with  1 bells by Meneely/Wvlt
   Prior history:
     In 1865, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

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

*Links:

The Cathedral Website has a section about the bells (see under Cathedral in left column).  Good pictures of the tower can be found there, as well as a mention of this chime, though most of it is about the "newer" ring of 12 (STJA/2) in the lower belfry.  See the Architecture section for more pictures of the tower.

An article about the tower clock mentions the chime and has a different photo of the tower.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of 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, including the "newer" ring of 12 (STJA/2) in the lower belfry of the same tower.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 25-Sep-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/05/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1997/07/14

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