*Location:

   St.Paul's Episcopal Church
   Park Street, between North State
     and North Main Streets
   Concord, New Hampshire, USA
   LL: N 43.20750, W 71.53801

   Narrow freestanding wooden
   spiral stair in NW corner of tower
   base, to first level.

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Church
   21 Centre Street
   Concord, NH  03301-6301
   T: 603-224-2523   F: 603-224-2524
   E: office@stpaulsconcord.org

*Schedule:

   Disused because of fears for the safety
   of the access stair.

*Remarks:

   No bell frame; swinging tenor stands on
   belfry floor, while others are hung
   on cross timbers in base of spire.
   Treble bell added in 1999 was cast in
   1876, purchased by the church through
   Brosamer's Bells, tuned & installed by
   Meeks, Watson & Co.  New chimestand
   lever mounted on outside of frame.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s), i.e., from C to F 
   There is one added semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1999
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt     
   Prior history:
     In 1868, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt    
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W1    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2017

The church Website has no depiction of the building and no history.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
The final phase of this work being a recycled old bell, it is not indexed by foundry.

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 NH.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Oct-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/09/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2018/09/10