TRENTON : USA - NJ

*Location:

   St.Mary's Cathedral (RC)
     (St.Mary of the Assumption)
     (formerly St.Mary's Church)
   North Warren Street at Perry Street
   Trenton, New Jersey, USA
   LL: N 40.22284, W 74.76574
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*Player:

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*Contact:

   St.Mary's Cathedral Rectory
   151 North Warren Street
   Trenton, NJ  08608-1391
   T: (609)396-8447   F: (609)396-5624
   E: stmaryscathedral@verizon.net

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Reported burned in 1956, but bells
   apparently survived; electrified 1958.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1879
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nC    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992
*Links:

Parish contact page

Postcard - possibly of an earlier building.

A travel page has a photo of the present building, but part of the caption actually refers to the previous building on this site.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) 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 18-Jul-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/06/30
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/01/23
*Photos:

(none available)


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