POULTON : ENGLAND -CH

*Location:

   The Brewhouse Clock Turret
   Poulton Hall
   Poulton Road at Poulton Hall Road
   Poulton,
     Bebington, Cheshire, England
   OS Ref. SJ 335 816
   LL: N 53.32740, W 2.99948

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   S R Lancelyn Green Esq
   Poulton Hall
   Poulton Lancelyn
   Bebington
   Wirral
   Cheshire  CH63 9LN
   F: 0151 334 0831
   E: scirardlg@btconnect.com

*Schedule:

   Plays a tune on the hour

*Remarks:

   Variable-velocity strikers;
   touch-sensitive electric keyboard
   to be added.
   Elsewhere on premises are these:
   - hour bell by Warner, 1868, inst.2007
     in clock turret of shop, replacing
     anonymous 1755 bell now on display;
   - call bell in turret on Victorian wing
     of house, from Lindisfarne College
     Chapel, replacing Victorian bell
     now on display.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 16 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are three added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2007
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

*Links:

The estate Website has a page about "Bells and Whistles" which begins with photos and a description of this chime.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts 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  4-May-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/04/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/04/30

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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