*Location:

   St.Joseph's RC Church
   Ten Broeck Street at 2nd Street
   Albany, New York, USA
   LL: N 42.65676, W 73.75105

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Diocesan Office
   12 St.Joseph's Terrace
   Albany, NY  12210-2513
   T: (518)463-1894   or   465-3479

*Schedule:

   Unused since 1993.

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th (C#);
   swinging tenor on top of bell frame.
   Property was privately owned 1981-??,
   though still used for worship by the
   congregation on Sundays; then
   reverted to Catholic Diocese of NY;
   last Mass in 1994.  Has suffered some
   vandalism, though chime is intact.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D E   /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1906
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W1    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

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 NY.

   This page was built from the database on 31-Dec-18
   based on textual data last updated on 2018/12/10
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/12/17