CHAPPAQUA : USA - NY

*Location:

   Episcopal Church of St.Mary the Virgin
   South Greeley Avenue (Co.Hwy.79)
     at Washington Avenue
   Chappaqua, New York, USA
   LL: N 41.15565, W 73.77234

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*Player:

   Timothy Vernon, Music Director

*Contact:

   Church of St.Mary the Virgin
   *parcel:
     191 South Greeley Avenue
     Chappaqua, NY  10514-3334
   *postal:
     PO Box 380
     Chappaqua, NY  10514-0380
   T: (914)238-8751   F: (914)238-8654
   E: parish-office@smtv.org

*Schedule:

   For Sunday services; also automatic
   play daily on the half hour.

*Remarks:

   2007-08: bells reinstallated on
   refurbished frame with new electric
   action by Chime Master Systems;
   chimestand remains in tower, so manual
   action may someday be restored.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1926
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1926

*Links:

The church Website opens with a photo of the tower.  There is a bare mention of the bells on the History page.

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 30-Jan-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/01/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2011/12/26

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