LONDON - A : ENGLAND -W

   The Atkinson Carillon

*Location:

   J.Fox & Co.
   (previously Atkinson's Stores) 
   24 Old Bond Street, at Burlington Gardens 
   Westminster, 
     London, W1S 4AH, England
   OS Ref. TQ 290 805
   LL: N 51.50956, W 0.14122

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*Player:

   Christina Anderson 
   T: 07961/072795 
   - and - 
   John Knox 
   T: 01372/728568 
   E: john@knoxjohn.wanadoo.co.uk

*Contact:

   Geoffrey D. Armitage   (A)
   31-33 High Street 
   Husbands Bosworth 
   Lutterworth, Leics.  LE17 6LJ 
   T: 1858/880 066   F: 1858/410 305 
   E: ArmitClockBells@hotmail.com 
   - or -
   Michael Boyd 
   126 Chesterfield Road 
   Sandfields 
   Lichfield, Staffs.
   T: 543/263361 
   - or -
   Mr. David Rodwell 
   Mr. John Tack 
   Hillier Parker May & Rowden
   77 Grosvenor Street
   London  W1A 2BT
   T: 1/629 7666

*Schedule:

   For Christmas, 1500 Sat. in December; 
   Easter to end of British Summer time: 
     1700 Fridays (Christina Anderson), 
     1500 Saturdays (John Knox); 
   otherwise irregular.

*Remarks:

   Bells dated 1927 (except 2d C, recast);
   pedals (but not manual keys) are
   present for two missing bass semitones.
   Bass also reported as G#.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 23 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C 11
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is no practice console
   1 bells were recast or replaced in 1932
     by Gillett & Johnston
   Prior history:
     In 1928, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Gillett & Johnston in 1927
       (22 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

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

*Links:

John Knox has a Website for this carillon, with photos of the building, bells, keyboard, and other useful information, including a page about the British Carillon Society.

An article about the bells includes two exterior photos plus details of all the bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all traditional carillons in this region.

Index to all tower bell instruments in UK-E.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jun-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/06/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/06/30

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