*Location:
St.Michael the Archangel
Orthodox Cathedral (OCA)
Lincoln Street at American Street
Sitka, Alaska, USA
LL: N 57.04974, W 135.33602
*Player:
(unknown)
*Contact:
St.Michael's Cathedral
*parcel:
240 Lincoln Street
Sitka, AK 99835
*postal:
PO Box 697
Sitka, AK 99835-0697
T: 907-747-8120 F: 907-747-3707*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
Original bells, of unknown history, were destroyed by fire.
*Technical data:
Zvon of 8 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
Transposition is not applicable
Keyboard range: ZVON / ZVON
The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
is non-standard; see Remarks above.
The whole instrument was installed in 1976
with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
Year of latest technical information source is 2000
*Links:
Text article on restoration of this tower for bell ringing.
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
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 zvons in the USA.
Index to all tower bell instruments in AK.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 10-Nov-09 based on textual data last updated on 2009/11/03 and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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