HOLYOKE - HC : USA - MA

*Location:

   Holy Cross Catholic Church
   (between Dwight & Suffolk Streets, at
     Sycamore Street & Holy Cross Avenue)
   Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.21051, W 72.61857
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*Player:

   Robert J. Ezold, Music Director
   T: (413)536-7900
   - and -
   Jim Maes, Organist
   T: (413)532-5060

*Contact:

   Holy Cross Rectory
   23 Sycamore Street
   Holyoke, MA  01040-3291
   T: (413)532-5661   F: (413)535-1759
   - or -
   Holy Cross Parish Office
   507 Appleton Street
   Holyoke, MA  01040-3210
   - or -
   St.Paul's Episcopal Church
   485 Appleton Street
   Holyoke, MA  01040-3295

*Schedule:

   Played for masses at 1600 & 1715 Sat,
   0900, 1015, 1130 Sunday, plus
   weddings and funerals.

*Technical data: 

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1927
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

*Links:

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

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 26-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/11/03
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/01/07

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