*Location:

   St.Cuthbert's Chapel
   Melrose School (Episcopal)
   120 Federal Hill Road
   Brewster, New York, USA
   LL: N 41.40568, W 73.55029

Site locator map

*Ringers' contact(s):

   Melrose Guild of Change Ringers
   Matt Bogen, Tower Captain
   29 Gleneida Ridge Road
   Carmel, NY 10512-1015
   T: 845-225-0658   W: 212-456-2091
   E: mbogen@gmail.com

*Contact:

   Copland House, Inc.
   PO Box 2177
   Peekskill, NY  10566
   T: 941-788-4859
   E: office/@/coplandhouse DOTorg

*Schedule:

   Silent since c.2015 due to the poor
   structural state of the tower.
   future uncertain.

*Remarks:

   Belfry fully enclosed with glass
   jalousie windows.
   School closed in May 2012; buildings
   were repurposed for convent use,
   but sold in 2024.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   Transposition is not applicable
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1973
     with bells made by Whitechapel      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of ringing room:             3 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   12 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  12 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:   *%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

News article (5 Mar 2025, paywalled) about the change in ownership of the property.
Photo of the building
The Copland House Website opens with an aerial photo in which the bell tower can be seen at top center.

The former ringers' Website had photos, history, schedule, etc., but no longer exists.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American rings by pitch/weight.
Ranking among all North American rings by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American rings by year of completion.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in NY.

   This page was built from the database on 18-Aug-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/07/23
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/09/08