WHITWICK : ENGLAND -LE

*Location:

   Holy Cross Catholic Church
   Parsonwood Hill
   Whitwick, Leicestershire, England
   OS Ref. SK 435 163
   LL: N 52.743, W 1.356

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Also a service bell

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 15 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  8 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    ----  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1960
     with bells made by Taylor      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

*Links:

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor 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 21-Nov-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/11/16
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/11/16

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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