PORT OF SPAIN - CC : TRINIDAD

*Location:

   Catholic Church
   Port of Spain, Trinidad
   LL: N 10.6, W 61.5

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*Remarks:

   Bass note estimated from tenor 13 cwt.
   Presumed to be in this city, but may be
   elsewhere in Trinidad.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1830
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1919

*Links:

If these bells are in the cathedral, then the following links are relevant:

• photo and history
• Wikimapia entry
• History of Cathedral, with small photo.
• Building photos from Emporis Buildings
  (Also see our Emporis Advice.)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all Central and South American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all Central and South American chimes by pitch of largest bell.
Ranking among all Central and South American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in TT.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 13-Nov-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/10/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/10/24

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