*Location:

   Church of the Ascension (Episcopal)
   Lake Avenue at Riverside Street
   Rochester, New York, USA
   LL: N 43.19109, W 77.62933

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*Ringers' contact(s):

   Christian J. Haller
   33 Park Forest Drive
   Pittsford, NY  14534
   T: (585)387-9570
   C: (585)203-7457
   E: ringer@rochester.rr.com

      Verify the current ringers' contact(s) at the NAGCR Website.

*Contact:

   Church of the Ascension
   2 Riverside Street
   Rochester, NY  14613
   T: (585)458-5423
   E: ascension/@/rochester DOTtwcbc DOTcom

*Schedule:

   Before & after service 1015 Sundays;
   practice 1230-1430 Sundays
   (call 585-203-7457 to confirm)

*Remarks:

   Bells in sound control "lantern" below
   belfry, which holds a single bell
   from 1968 (maker not reported).

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2015
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of ringing room:             0 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   (unknown)
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:    %
   Year of latest technical information source is 2016

The church Website has no photo of the building, and does not mention the new bells.

News articles (with video clip, which may not work):  #1,  #2,  #3

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Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in NY.

   This page was built from the database on 16-Sep-18
   based on textual data last updated on 2016/04/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2016/04/07