BRONX - STPE : USA - NY

*Location:

   St.Peter's Episcopal Church
   Westchester Avenue at Seabury Avenue
   Bronx, New York, USA
   LL: N 40.83870, W 73.84393

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*Player:

   Chris Potter
   T: (845)358-2528

*Contact:

   Kenneth G. Potter, Minister of Music
   T: (845)358-2528
   - or -
   St. Peter's Episcopal Church
   2500 Westchester Avenue
   Bronx, NY 10461-3543
   T: (718)931-9270  or  822-8284
   F: (718)931-6673
   E: mbglover@aol.com  [rector]

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1923
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

*Links:

The church Website says nothing about the bells.

A page about the organ includes a photo of the building, and mentions the chime.

Photo of the tower (part of a set of photos of the building)

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.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jan-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08

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