The Archive · 1932

Dedication of Bells at Cathedral

Simple Ceremony Conducted by:

Dean Trivett An interesting ceremony, the de-eaton of the new peal of bells floly Trinity Cathedral, was. performed om May 22 by the Dean, the Very Reverend A. C. S. Trivett, in the courtyard of the Cathedral [after the morning service.

Singing the recessional hymn, the choir left the Church in procession fand took up. a position on either aide of & dais, on which stood the Dean and his colleagues, under the tower, while the congregation assembled in a semi-circle round them.

'At the conclusion of the hymn the bells rang a peal upon a chime, The dean then dedicated the bells with "prayers, after which the choir "and congregation joined the hymn "Holy, Holy, "Holy, Lord God Almighty," to the' accompaniment of the bells sounding the tune.

The wedding peal, after St, Mar-igorot's Westminster, and a selection of hymn tunes closed the ceremony; fine peal of bells was a quired by the Dean and Vestry Trinity Cathedral through ithe generous donations of several prominent members of the Congreization, and were installed by the feathedral architects. They are eight in number, toned in E flat.

in weight from the Tenor, down to the Treble, about 2 ow.

They are hung for chiming only, suspended tiers of four steel frame, stationary, with much downwards.

They were cast by Mears and Stainbank, London one of the oldest dell-makers in England, who have made some of the finest peals in the British Empire

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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