ROCHESTER - CRDS : USA - NY

*Location:

   Colgate Rochester Crozer
     Divinity School (Baptist)
   Goodman Street South at Pineturn Drive
   Rochester, New York, USA
   LL: N 43.13181, W 77.59893
Site locator map

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   CRCDS
   20 East Avenue
   Rochester, NY  14604
   T: 585-271-1320   F: 585-271-8013
   E: Webform @ crcds.edu

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Replaced an older set of bells (details
   unknown).
   CRCDS vacated this property in 2019;
   it is now for sale.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1937
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1940
*Links:

The Divinity School Website does not mention the former campus nor the chime.  A photo gallery offers a picture of the bell tower, which cannot be accessed directly.

Management company offering the property for lease

A news article (Jan.2026) about the years-long effort to remake the campus has two photos that show the bell tower.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) 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 29-May-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/03/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2020/06/05
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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