*Location:

   St.George's-by-the-River
     Episcopal Church
   Lincoln & Waterman Avenues
   Rumson, New Jersey, USA
   LL: N 40.36355, W 73.97742

Site locator map

*Carillonist:

   (church members)

   Charlotte C. Kellogg
   Margaret Smith
   20??-15 Frances Newell   (A)

*Contact:

   St.George's-by-the-River   (S)
   Attn: Philip J. Leininger,
     Organist and Choir Director
   7 Lincoln Avenue
   Rumson, NJ  07760-2051
   T: 732-842-0596   F: 732-842-1229
   E: phil@stgeorgesrumson.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Rehung & renovated by Meeks & Watson,
   with new headpieces & clappers and
   autoplay.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 26 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    C C   
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The present keyboard was installed in 2018
     by Meeks,Watson
   Prior history:
     In 2001, the instrument was enlarged to 26 bells
       by Taylor      
     In 1934, the instrument was begun with 25 bells
       by Taylor      
       There were two missing bass semitones
   Auxiliary mechanisms: EnI   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2022

The church Website has pictures of the building and the bells (see the Schedule page).

Video tour of the tower and carillon, intended as an introduction to a capital campaign which will fund restoration.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by year of completion.

Other small carillons with similar keyboard ranges.

Index to all traditional carillons in NJ.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NJ.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/12/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/12/09