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   The Memorial Chimes

*Location:

   Deerpark Reformed Church (RCA)
   (was Reformed Dutch Church of Deerpark)
   East Main Street (Rte.202) at
     Sullivan Avenue
   Port Jervis, New York, USA
   LL: N 41.37703, W 74.68678
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*Player:

   Faith Blasberg
   T: (845)491-4284

*Contact:

   Deerpark Reformed Church
   30 East Main Street
   Port Jervis, NY  12771-1925
   T: (845)856-1946
   E: drchpastor@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters,
   computer-driven.

*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 1928
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The church Website has a fine photo of the building, but no mention of these bells.

A genealogy page offers a brief description and history of the church and many photos.  The chime is in the north tower (the square one on the left).

An old postcard. Another old postcard (showing much more ivy!).

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 26-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/09/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08

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