YARMOUTH : CANADA - NS

*Location:

   Holy Trinity Anglican Church
   61 William Street
   Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
   LL: N 43.83254, W 66.11733
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*Player:

   Ron Cox
*Past chimers:
   Pat and Randall Nickerson

*Contact:

   Holy Trinity Church
   61 William Street
   Yarmouth, NS  B5A 1Y4
   T: (902)742-5054   F: (902)742-6966
   E: yarmouthtusketoffice@
        ns.aliantzinc.ca

*Schedule:

   Before Sunday services

*Remarks:

   Donated by Charles Grantham.
   Added semitones include sharp 4th.
   The signature of Edwin A. Meneely is
   etched in a tower window, presumably
   from when he installed the chime.
   2021: At least one bell is unusable.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     D#--  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1908
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994
*Links:

The church Website has no photos or history.

A Waymarking page has three photos of the church.

Photos of chimestand, by Joe Connors, from his AllChimes Website.

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 NS.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Jan-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/01/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/08/30
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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