HAVERHILL : USA - MA

*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Church
   White and William Streets
   Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.77834, W 71.08191
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*Player:

   Nancy Morrissey
   E: pinyenka@aol.com

*Contact:

   Trinity Church Office
   26 White Street
   Haverhill, MA  01830-5702
   T: 978-372-4244   F: 978-469-0648
   E: admin@trinityhaverhill.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original bells cast by Wm.Blake & Co.,
   Boston, MA.; original added semitone
   was flat 7th; added bell assumed to be
   the treble.  Tenor & 6th once swung.

*Technical data:

   Chime with Ellacombe stand of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     G A   /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in 198_
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1869, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by Hooper/Blake
       Keyboard range was:     G G   /    NONE  
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nS2   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001
*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building in all page headings.  The chime is mentioned on the History page.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hooper/Blake bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of 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 MA.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/12/10
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/12/12
*Photos:

(none available)

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