*Location:
St.John's Episcopal Church West Main Street at Church Street (on the green) Waterbury, Connecticut, USA LL: N 41.55693, W 73.04385
*Player:
Robert Havery, Minister of Music
*Contact:
Rev. James G. Bradley, Rector St.John's Church 16 Church Street Waterbury, CT 06702-2103 T: (203)754-3116 E: stjohns@stjohnsonthegreen.org
*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
Added semitones are keyboard F# (new) and A# (old). Chimestand removed; keyboard near gallery organ console. The organ is Opus 35 of Charles W. McManis, built 1956, restored 1990-91.
*Technical data:
Electric-keyboard chime of 12 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is E in the middle octave Transposition is up 4 semitone(s) Keyboard range: C E / NONE There are two added semitones There is no practice console The instrument was enlarged in 1960 with bells made by Petit & Fritsen Prior history: In 1871, the instrument was begun with 10 bells by Meneely/Wvlt Year of latest technical information source is 1991
*Links:
Building photos
from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)
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 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 tower bell instruments in CT.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 27-Sep-06 based on textual data last updated on 2006/09/27 and on technical data last updated on 1991/09/23
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