LEIGH-ON-SEA : ENGLAND -ES

*Location:

   Our Lady of Lourdes & St.Joseph (RC) 
   Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England 
   OS Ref. TQ 853 861

*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

  (unknown)

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   All bells hung for swing-chiming, 
   Continental style, but "clocked" at 
   present (possibly via Ellacombe rack).

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1926
     with bells made by Paccard     
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

*Links:

Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all British Isles chimes by pitch (weight).
Ranking among all British Isles chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all British Isles chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in England.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 10-Oct-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/10/10
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/07/15

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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