*Location:
St.Patrick's Pro-Cathedral (RC) Washington Street and Central Avenue Newark, New Jersey, USA LL: N 40.74207, W 74.17204
*Player:
(unknown)
*Contact:
St.Patrick's Pro-Cathedral House 91 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102-1997 T: (973)623-0497 E: evelydjss@aol.com
*Schedule:
(unknown)
*Remarks:
First four bells from same foundry in 1862 as a major triad + octave.
*Technical data:
Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is D in the middle octave
Transposition is unknown
Keyboard range: ---- / ----
There is one added semitone
The whole instrument was installed in 1875
with bells by Meneely/Wvlt
Year of latest technical information source is 2001
*Links:
Article with photo of the building
A 9-page history includes several photos plus details of the bells. An architecture page from the same site also gives the dedications and weights of the bells.
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) 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 NJ.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 29-Mar-07 based on textual data last updated on 2007/03/29 and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/07
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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