*Location:

   An Unknown Location
   Somewhere, USA

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*Remarks:

   A Blake foundry catalog, published in
   the 1890s, claimed that this firm
   cast the first American-made chime
   in 1825.
   Although its location is unknown, the
   state of Massachusetts is presumed for
   database consistency purposes, since
   the Blake foundry was located there.
   Tenor note estimated, weight 2000 lbs.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1825
     with bells made by Hooper/Blake     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2000

More information about this defunct site may be available on the page of North American sites that are no more.

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

   This page was built from the database on  5-Jul-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2001/08/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/12/12