*Location:

   Church of the Epiphany (Episcopal)
   1317 G Street, NW
   Washington, D.C., USA
   LL: N 38.89851, W 77.03051

Site locator map

*Player:

   Dr.Jinsun Cho, Director of Music
   T: 202-347-2635 x407
   E: jcho /@/ epiphanydc DOTorg

*Contact:

   Church of the Epiphany
   1317 G Street, NW
   Washington, DC  20005-3165
   T: 202-347-2635   F: 202-347-7621
   E: info@epiphanydc.org

*Schedule:

   At the hour and for special occasions.

*Remarks:

   Memorial to Rev.Randolph Harrison McKim
   (1842-1920), a former rector.
   Original keyboard and electro-pneumatic
   action, built by Ernest Skinner but
   defunct since 1950s, remain in tower,
   accessible by vertical iron ladder.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 15 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1922
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt 
   Auxiliary mechanisms: QnP   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1997

The church Website has photos of the tower in several places, but does not mention these bells anywhere..  Formerly, two Music pages mentioned the "historic chime of bells" in this, the only remaining pre-Civil War church in downtown Washington.

Where 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 DC.

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/07/25