CANAJOHARIE : USA - NY

*Location:

   Canajoharie United Methodist Church
   (originally First Methodist Church)
   East Main Street near Church Street
   Canajoharie, New York, USA
   LL: N 42.90577, W 74.57127

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   United Methodist Church
   50 East Main Street
   Canajoharie, NY  13317-1227
   T: (518)673-2717

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Independent keyboard beside organ;
   added semitones: sharp 4th & flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The present keyboard was installed in 1965
     by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1922, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1995

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

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 NY.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 10-Sep-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/11/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/09/07

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