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*Location:
St.Michael's Episcopal Church West 99th Street & Amsterdam Avenue New York, New York, USA LL: N 40.79617, W 73.96904
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*Player:
(unknown)
*Contact:
St.Michael's Episcopal Church 255 West 99th Street New York, NY 10025-5432 T: 212-222-2700 F: 212-678-5916 E: music@saintmichaelschurch.org
*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
The bell installed in 1994 (to replace a cracked 'D' bell) was cast by McShane in 1893. Electrified in early 2003, but used only for clock tunes. Chimestand restored by Taylor in early 2013. Timber sub-frame replaced with steel under unaltered bell frame.
*Technical data:
Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is D in the middle octave
Transposition is unknown
Keyboard range: ---- / ----
The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
1 bells were recast or replaced in 1994
by McShane
Prior history:
In 1891, the complete instrument was installed
with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
(9 bells remain from that work.)
Auxiliary mechanisms: E
Tower details not available
Year of latest technical information source is 2003
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.
*Links:
The church Website has a photo of the building on the History page, but the bells are mentioned only in one of the Rector's newsletters.
A page about the organshas a clickable photo of the building, and mentions this chime.
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of theMeneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
(The replacement bell, not being new at the time of its installation, is not indexed by foundry.)
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 NY.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 5-Dec-13 based on textual data last updated on 2013/12/05 and on technical data last updated on 2013/06/05