*Location:

   St.Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church
   Court Street between Luquer and Nelson
   Carroll Gardens
   Brooklyn, New York, USA
   LL: N 40.67692, W 73.99829

Site locator map

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Mary Star of the Sea
   467 Court Street
   Brooklyn, NY  11231
   T: (718)625-2270   F: (718)624-9017

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th, flat 6th
   & 7th.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are three added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1882
     with bells made by McShane     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1900

The history page of the parish Website has an old drawing of the building, showing the original spire (since removed).

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane 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  5-Nov-21
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/10/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/05/25