*Location:

   Mt.Moriah Baptist Church (ABC)
   (was First Parish Church, Unitarian)
   Pleasant Street near North Main Street
   Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.08541, W 71.02056

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NOTE: From the appearance of the building (much newer than the date of the original bells), this must be a re-hang.

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Mt.Moriah Baptist Church
   24 Pleasant Street
   Brockton, MA  02301-3922
   T: 508-588-0833   F: 508-588-3407
   E: mtmoriah@comcast.net

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 1967
     with  2 bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1898, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
   Auxiliary mechanisms: E     
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  . meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    . meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   . meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  95%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The church's Facebook presence has a small photo of the tower, though the bells are not clearly visible.  However, it hasn't been updated for more than two years (as of June 2023), and the linked Website no longer exists.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) 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 MA.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/06/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/06/22