LERWICK : SHETLAND IS

*Location:

   Town Hall 
   Lerwick, Shetland Islands, U.K. 
   OS Ref. HU 475 414

*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

   Lerwick Town Hall 
   Hillhead 
   Lerwick, Shetland Islands  ZE1 0HB 
   T: 01595 744505   F: 01595 744509 
   E: chief.executive@sic.shetland.gov.uk 
      info@shetland.gov.uk

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Possibly recast?

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Some bells were recast or replaced in unknown year
     by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1906, the instrument was begun with 11 bells
       by vanAerschodt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1988

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

*Links:

The local government Website includes a page about the town hall, with a photo from the land side.

A photo from the seaward side.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanAerschodt 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 Scotland.

*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 1991/09/08

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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