*Location:

   St.Thomas Church (Episcopal)
   Fifth Avenue at West 53rd Street
   New York, New York, USA
   LL: N 40.76058, W 73.97582

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*Carillonist:

   Zachary Zaroogian, Carillonneur
   E: zaroogianzj1@outlook.com

   Jeffrey Figley
   20??-2018 Julie J. Zhu   (C)
   2018-2022 Pong Trairatvorakul

*Contact:

   St.Thomas Parish Office
   1 West 53rd Street
   New York, NY  10019-5496
   T: 212-757-7013
   E: administration@saintthomaschurch.org
      music@saintthomaschurch.org

*Schedule:

   Sunday before & after 11am service,
   except in summer; special events

*Remarks:

   Meneely/West Troy bells destroyed by
   fire 8/8/1905.  Practice keyboard
   almost identical, missing top C on
   manual.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 26 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is B  in the bass octave
   Keyboard range:     B C   /    B C   
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are no missing bass semitones
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 2004
     with bells made by Taylor       
   Prior history:
     In 2003, the instrument was enlarged to 25 bells
       by Taylor      
       Keyboard range was:     B B   /    B C   
     In 2002, the instrument was enlarged to 23 bells
       by Taylor      
       Keyboard range was:     B A 23/    B C   
     In 1929, the instrument was begun with 21 bells
       by Taylor      
       Keyboard range was:     B G 21/    B C   
     In 1874, a complete instrument of 10 bells was installed
       with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nE    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 30 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   42 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  44 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  15%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2018

The church Website contains a splendid photo accessible from either the Building page or the Tour page.  The carillon is only mentioned briefly (and still incorrectly as of Aug'07) at the last stop on the Tour.  An extensive list of available recordings of the choir and organs seems not to include anything from the bells.

A photo of the building and its massive corner tower accompanies the report of a visitor.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by year of completion.

Other small carillons with similar keyboard ranges.

Index to all traditional carillons in NY.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NY.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/11/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2022/11/20