EATON HALL : ENGLAND -CH

   (Seat of the Duke of Westminster)

*Location:

   Chapel Tower
   Eaton Hall, Cheshire, England 
   OS Ref. SJ 413 605
   LL: N 53.1403, W 2.8776

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*Contact:

   Eaton Estate Office
   Eccleston, Cheshire  CH4 9ET 
   T: (01244)684400   F: (01244)671838
   E: enquiries@eeo.co.uk

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   4 different tune drums, wood with 
   fixed pegs.

*Technical data:

   Mechanical-automatic carillon of 28 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1900
     with bells made by vanAerschodt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1926

*Links:

The Eaton Estate Website has a good local map.  See the Commercial Properties page for a photo of the chapel tower.  See the Eaton Gardens page for the schedule of Open Days when the public may visit the estate; some of the photos available here show the chapel in the background: Rose Garden (#1,5), Selection (#1)

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

Ranking among all British Isles non-traditional carillons by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all British Isles non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all British Isles non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in UK-E.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  5-Feb-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/01/22
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/08/07

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