PORT OF SPAIN : TRINIDAD

*Location:

   Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity
     (Anglican)
   Hart Street at Woodford Square
   Port of Spain, Trinidad
   LL: N 10.6517, W 61.5104

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*Contact:

   Holy Trinity Cathedral
   30A Abercromby Street
   Port of Spain
   Trinidad & Tobago
   T: (868)623-7271
   E: info@trinitycathedral-tt.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Mears or Mears & Stainbank,
   variously dated: 1819 (1), 1871 (1),
   1880 (2), unknown (4).
   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1880
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1997

*Links:

The Cathedral Website has a small photo of the building, and a Virtual Tour which includes a photo of the bell tower (accompanied by mention of the clock and bells).

A tour article (text only) mention the bells and clock.

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).

Index to all tower bell instruments in TT.

*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 2000/08/21

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