MARIETTA - STJ : USA - GA

*Location:

   St.James' Episcopal Church
   Polk & Church Streets NW
   Marietta, Georgia, USA
   LL: N 33.95549, W 84.55037

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Kathryn E. Tucker, Ringing Master
   T: (678)487-1319
   E: ket13hlbg/@/mac/./com
   - or -
   Mary Platt, NAG Area Representative
   E: platt.mary@gmail.com

      Verify the current ringers' contact(s) at the NAGCR Website.

*Contact:

   St.James Church
   161 Church Street NW
   Marietta, GA  30060-1693
   T: (770)428-5841
   E: info@stjamesmarietta.com

*Schedule:

   Practice Monday 1930-2130,
   2nd & 4th Saturday 0930-1130;
   service Sunday 1010-20 and 1050-1110
   (after 9:00 and before 11:15 services)

*Remarks:

   Bells cast 1995, installed early 1996
   by Eayre & Smith.  Also in the tower
   (above the sound-control doors) is a
   sanctus bell, recast in 1971 by P&F
   from an older American bell (details
   unknown).

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1996
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1996

*Links:

The church Website has a page about the ringers, but it says little about the bells themselves.

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Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in GA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  3-Jan-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/01/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1997/07/22

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