*Location:

   St.Joseph's Cathedral (RC)
   Farmington Avenue, east of Sigourney St
   Hartford, Connecticut, USA
   LL: N 41.76829, W 72.69214

Site locator map

*Player:

   Ezequel Menendez, Director of Music
   E: ezemen@aol.com,
      MusicOffice@cathedralofsaintjoseph.com

*Contact:

   St.Joseph's Cathedral
   140 Farmington Avenue
   Hartford, CT  06105-3783
   T: 860-249-8431   F: 860-249-5410
   E: info@archdioceseofhartford.org
      info@cathedralofsaintjoseph.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th.
   Original chime destroyed by fire
   on 31 December 1956.  Final addition cast
   & tuned by Verdin, to P&F profile

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 2020
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1961, the instrument was begun with 12 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
     In 1914, a complete instrument of 10 bells was installed
       with bells made by Meneely/Troy
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

The Archdiocesan Website has a 3D tour of the cathedral interior, but the tower and bells are not mentioned.
The Cathedral Website has a page about the bells, with photos and an audio clip but no text.

Photo of the building, with mention of the bells

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of miscellaneous bellfoundries, 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 tower bell instruments in CT.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/02/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/02/02