*Location:

   St.Agatha's RC Church
   Adams Street at Brook Road
   Milton, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.25965, W 71.04446

   St.Rita of Cascia Shrine Church (RC)
   Bronx, New York, USA

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Agatha's Rectory
   432 Adams Street
   Milton, MA  02186-4399
   T: 617-698-2439   or   -2507
   F: 617-698-1517
   E: rectory@stagathaparish.org

*Schedule:

   (None)

*Remarks:

   All installed April 1967.  Out of order
   since before 2004.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1967
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1920, the instrument was begun with 12 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nC    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The parish Website has a tiny photo of the bell tower in page headings, and a much larger one on the About Us page.  A page about the tower bells is planned, but not yet available; however, the bells are mentioned on the History page.

A newspaper clipping from 1967 reports the blessing of the bells, and has a photo showing four large bells on the ground.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) 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 2022/05/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/05/23