SELBY : ENGLAND -YW

*Location:

   St.James the Apostle Parish Church
   Selby, (North) Yorkshire/West Riding,
     England
   OS Ref. SE 614 324
   LL: N 53.78249, W 1.07156

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*Player:

   (local volunteers)

*Contact:

   St.James the Apostle Parish Church
   St.James Terrace
   Selby
   North Yorkshire  YO8 4HL
   T: 01757 702 861
   E: enquiries@stjamesselby.co.uk

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Two bells supplied in 1927 were part
   of a chime (size and maker unknown)
   destroyed when an aeroplane hit the
   spire in World War II.
   Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1957
     with bells by an unknown maker
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

*Links:

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 12-Jan-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/11/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/07/15

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