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St. Luke's Church Bells

History of St. Luke’s Bells

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                                                 Prior to installation - 1910                                                       D. Seaton - ringing the bells in the tower

    
Clock Mechanism - Third tower level                                                                                    Five of the eight bells including the tenor tolling bell
                                                                                                                      (on the wheel), on the fourth tower level

    
A round-headed chiming hammer and the tenor tolling bell                            The tolling bell, viewed from above

A chime of eight bells was purchased from the English company, Messrs. Mears and Stainbank, by Mr. & Mrs. A.M. Nanton. The bells are named LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONG SUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS AND MEEKNESS.  They are tuned to the key of E-flat.  The tenor bell weighs 2500 pounds.

The great bell (or tenor bell) is inscribed "To the glory of God and in loving memory of Mary Louisa Nanton and Thomas Clark.  This chime of bells was presented to St. Luke's Church in Winnipeg by their respective families, 1910."  The bells rang out for the first time on Sunday, January 29th, 1911.

In the spring of 1911, the tower clock was put in place and uses the bells to sound the quarter hours, with a Westminster chime.  The chime is manually operated except for the tenor bell which is motor driven, and is used as a tolling bell;  e.g. at funerals, the bell is tolled to indicate the age of the deceased.

The bells may be sampled as a "Touch of Peal" on the church choir's centenary CD "We love the place, O God", by clicking here.

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