*Location:

   Mission Church of Christ
   (originally First Unitarian)
   Highland Avenue at Trull Lane
   Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.38762, W 71.10162

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Mission Church of Christ
   130 Highland Avenue
   Somerville, MA  02143-1619
   T: 617-628-5260
   E: missionchurch1@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   (None - currently unusable)

*Remarks:

   Bells by Blake Bell Company, Boston;
   gift of the citizens of the town.
   Also reported as gift of Martha R.
   Hunt, who left funds for the care and
   perpetual ringing of the bells.
   Mission Church purchased bldg. in 1976.

*Technical data:

   Chime with Ellacombe stand of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1892
     with bells made by Hooper/Blake     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

Photo of the building (larger version available)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hooper/Blake 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.

   This page was built from the database on 10-Mar-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/03/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/03/28