*Location: Chapel tower General Theological Seminary of The Episcopal Church West 21st Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues New York, New York, USA LL: N 40.74560, W 74.00363
*Player: Prof.David J. Hurd, Director of Church Music 8 Chelsea Square Manhattan, NY 10011 H: (212)924-4963 E: hurd@gts.edu - and - Guild of Chimers *Contact: General Seminary 175 9th Avenue New York, NY 10011-4983 T: (212)243-5150 *Schedule: Morning and evening daily, before Eucharist and Evensong. *Remarks: Tower tubes by Harrington, installed by Durfee; added semitones are C#,F#,A#,C# on the present keyboard. Originally was played via loose-rope chiming rack with sallies; it remains in the middle level of the tower. A later electric automatic system was removed in 1983 when Schulmerich installed the present Eijsbouts baton clavier (manual two octaves, pedal one octave; pedals not used). *Technical data: Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 15 tubular bells Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave Transposition is up 8 semitone(s) Keyboard range: C E **/ C C There are four added semitones The present keyboard was installed in 1983 by the maker cited in Remarks above Prior history: In 1888, the complete instrument was installed by the maker cited in Remarks above No auxiliary mechanisms known Tower details not available Year of latest technical information source is 2005
This page was built from the database on 18-Jul-12 based on textual data last updated on 2012/04/22 and on technical data last updated on 2010/09/02 |
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