The Cathedral Tower houses the Cathedral‘s ring of Eight bells that chime out some familiar tunes every 15 minutes. The eight bells can run a full chromatic scale of 13 notes - (though no more than 6 notes are ever rung at once).
The bells are situated on the last floor of the Tower above the Clock chamber and are not accessible to visitors. They were donated to the cathedral by the Nylander Family in honor of their late father in the year 1981. Originally Casted by the WHITE CHAPPEL & Co Bell Foundry of England In same year, the Eight bells were overhauled with the help of some holes made through the centre of each floor of the Tower through the last floor of the Tower and they were hung on a wrought iron post.
The Eight bells are fixed and struck by hammers from inside rather than swinging as one should had expected. As such no bell ringers are required in the cathedral. In 2010, the bells and the clock were serviced and each of the bells had its hammer changed. Below are some inscriptions that are found on the Bells
BELL |
VOICE TYPE |
KEY |
WEIGHT |
CASTED IN |
BY |
No. 8 |
Treble |
A- Flat |
1-0-4 |
1981 |
WHITE CHAPPEL |
No.7 |
|
G |
1-0-3 |
1981 |
WHITE CHAPPEL |
No. 6 |
|
F |
3-0-8 |
1981 |
WHITE CHAPPEL |
No. 5 |
|
E- Flat |
3-3-12 |
1981 |
WHITE CHAPPEL |
No. 4 |
|
D- Flat |
5-1-0 |
1981 |
WHITE CHAPPEL |
No. 3 |
|
C |
5-3-18 |
1981 |
WHITE CHAPPEL |
No. 2 |
|
B- Flat |
7-2-16 |
1981 |
WHITE CHAPPEL |
No. 1 |
Tenor |
A- Flat |
10-3-16 |
1981 |
WHITE CHAPPEL |
