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*Location:

"America" Tower First Baptist Church in Newton (ABC) Beacon Street at Center Street Newton Center, Massachusetts, USA LL: N 42.32966, W 71.19536

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*Player:

Sean Redrow, Music Director E: spredrow@aol.com

*Contact:

First Baptist Church in Newton (ABC) 848 Beacon Street Newton Center, MA 02459-1801 T: 617-244-2997 E: info@fbcnewton.org

*Schedule:

(unknown)

*Remarks:

Bells are a memorial to Rev.Samuel F. Smith, minister here 1842-54 and the author of "America". Original added semitone is flat 7th; the 1917 addition is the sharp 4th.

*Technical data:

Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave Transposition is down 1 semitone(s) Keyboard range: E F / ----
There are two added semitones The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown The instrument was enlarged in 1917 with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt Prior history: In 1898, the instrument was begun with 10 bells by Meneely/Wvlt There was one added semitone No auxiliary mechanisms known Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 2012

*Links:

The church Website has photos of the building on the History page (under Who We Are), which mentions the bells. The Contact page has a good photo of the unusual bell tower.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of theMeneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of theMeneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MA.

*Status:

This page was built from the database on 9-Feb-24 based on textual data last updated on 2024/02/09 and on technical data last updated on 2012/01/20