WASHINGTON - HF : USA - DC

*Location:

   Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine
     of the Holy Family
   Harewood Road S of Taylor Street NE
   Washington, DC, USA
   LL: N 38.93942, W 77.00362
Site locator map

*Contact:

   Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine
     of the Holy Family
   4250 Harewood Road NE
   Washington, DC  20017
   T: 202-526-3737   F: 202-526-1327
   E: ucnsholyfamily@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Motor-swung peal of  7 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is not applicable
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker 
   Auxiliary mechanisms: QnP   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024
*Links:

The church Website opens with a photo in which the bell tower can be seen.  But the bells are not mentioned anywhere.

The English Wikipedia article about the Shrine has a photo that includes the bell tower.  But the bells are not mentioned.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of unknown 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 DC.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/12/28
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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