*Location:

   St.Martin's Episcopal Church
   122nd Street at Lenox Avenue
     (Malcolm X Boulevard)
   New York, New York, USA
   LL: N 40.80560, W 73.94663

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*Carillonist:

   Michael J. Smith
   838 West End Avenue, Apt.4A
   New York, NY  10025-2777
   H: 212-864-3802   C: 917-371-7223
   E: mjs@smithbowen.net

   1949-?? Kamiel Lefévere   (d.)
   19??-2000 Dionisio A. Lind   (A;d.)

*Contact:

   St.Martin's Episcopal Church
   230 Malcolm X Boulevard
   New York, NY  10027-6396
   T: 212-534-4531

*Schedule:

   Silent since 2013 because of fears for
   tower structure

*Remarks:

   First Dutch-made carillon installed in
   USA after World War II.  Swinging
   bells form major triad on the bourdon,
   which was rehung for this in 1951
   when the other two were installed.
   Unusable practice console has same
   range but different dimensions.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 42 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    C G   
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s), i.e., from C to D#
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The instrument was enlarged in 1951
     with bells made by vanBergen    
   Prior history:
     In 1949, the instrument was begun with 40 bells
       by vanBergen   
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S3    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 16 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   17 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  23 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  75%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1989

The church's Facebook page has a good a photo of the building, but doesn't say anything significant about it or the congregation.

News article (Sep.2018) "The Bells of St. Martin's Fall Silent as Churches in Harlem Struggle"

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world. Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/02/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/05/24