DEFUNCT

DEFUNCT   SITE

  DEFUNCT

ROCHESTER - SF : USA - NY

*Location:

   New York State Fairgrounds
   Rochester, New York, USA
Site locator map is not applicable for defunct sites.

*Remarks:

   Added semitone flat 7th.  Each bell in
   a separate frame, in a line about 40
   feet long on ground near fair entrance;
   "could be played quite rapidly."
   Disposition unknown; probably dispersed

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1851
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1851
*Links:

More information about this defunct site may be available on the page of North American sites that are no more.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely/Wvlt bellfoundry.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  5-Jul-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/03/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2019/03/01
*Photos:

(none available)

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