*Location:

   Patton Memorial Tower
   St.James' Episcopal Church
   North Main Street near 8th Avenue
   Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA
   LL: N 35.32095, W 82.46076

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Mr. Chris Coleman, Tower Captain
   2840 Haywood Road
   Hendersonville, NC  28791-1330
   H: (828)693-0620
   E: birddochah /@/ yahoo DOTcom
   - or -
   Mr.Beverly Ward, Ringing Master
   1402 Fifth Avenue West
   Hendersonville, NC  28739-4008
   T: (828)693-7248
   E: wbevward/@/bellsouth.net

      Verify the current ringers' contact(s) at the NAGCR Website.

*Contact:

   St.James Church
   766 North Main Street
   Hendersonville, NC  28792-3612
   T: (828)693-7458
   E: stjamesepiscopal@bellsouth.net
      info@stjamesepiscopal.com

*Schedule:

   Practice Monday 1930-2100,
   Saturday 1030-1200;
   service Sunday 0830-55 & 1030-55

*Remarks:

   Bells cast and dated in 1977.  Also an
   angelus bell by Meneely (date unknown)

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1978
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of ringing room:             0 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:    %
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978

The church Website has a short section about the bells on the Music page, with a video clip.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American rings by pitch/weight.
Ranking among all North American rings by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American rings by year of completion.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in NC.

   This page was built from the database on 16-Sep-18
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/12/10
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/03/13