*Location:

   St.Patrick's Catholic Church
   756 Mission Street,
     between 3rd & 4th Streets
   San Francisco, California, USA
   LL: N 37.78542, W 122.40336

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*Player:

   (unknown)

   1993-2021 Steve Repasky

*Contact:

   St.Patrick's Church
   756 Mission Street
   San Francisco, CA  94103-3113
   T: (415)421-3730   F: (415)512-9730
   E: apodios@aol.com
   - or -
   Steve Repasky
   E: jsrepasky@sbcglobal.net

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original chime destroyed by earthquake
   and fire in 1906, and recast into the
   present chime as a gift from Mary A.
   Hourihan in memory of her husband.
   Tenor swings; added semitones are
   sharp 4th & flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1914
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Prior history:
     In 1874, a complete instrument of 10 bells was installed
       with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W1nC  
   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.

The church Website has a photo of the building, which is clickable to see an even larger version.  But there is no information about the bells.

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

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jan-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/01/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/01/18