*Location:

   The Dewitt C. Hay Memorial Tower
   United Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
   South Broad & East Main Streets
   Sackets Harbor, New York, USA
   LL: N 43.94606, W 76.11893

Site locator map

*Player:

   (Various volunteers)

*Contact:

   United Presbyterian Church
   *parcel:
     101 South Broad Street
     Sackets Harbor, NY  13685
   *postal:
     PO Box 138
     Sackets Harbor, NY  13685-0138
   T: 315-646-2077
   E: shupc1@gmail.com
   - or -
   Tower Restoration Project
   E: restoreSHtower@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   Sunday 0930-1000 and weekdays 1745-1800
   during good weather months
   (chimers' schedules permitting)

*Remarks:

   Tower originally contained The Dewitt
   C. Hay Memorial Library (now located
   next door); all except clock were
   given by Marietta Pickering Hay.
   Original chime destroyed by fire in
   1899; replaced by the same donor
   when the church was rebuilt.
   One octave with sharp 4th & flat 7th;
   Hour strike originally via E.Howard #1
   tower clock on a 1600# bell that was
   removed when chime was installed; now
   on display elsewhere.  Clock was later
   replaced by Cincinnati Bell Ringer &
   Tower Clock Co.
   Bass bell formerly swung.
   Apr.2022: tower & chime being restored

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1899
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt 
   Prior history:
     In 1893, a complete instrument of  9 bells was installed
       by Meneely/Wvlt
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: HnS1  
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

The church Website opens with a large background photo of the building and tower; a smaller version of the same photo is in the page heading.  A history page has more building photos.  (A Facebook presence has no information about the chime.)

The extensive Website of the project to restore the bell and clock tower opens with a large photo of the tower, and includes numerous other photos as well as two videos.

News article on restoration of the chime and tower, with a photo of the tower

A long article on repairs to the tower includes a belfry photo that shows the transmission and bells.

A Website for the bell and clock tower restoration project will be opening Spring 2022.

News article (11No'20) on the playing of the chime; with photos of some of the bells and the chimestand.

News article (7 Oct '20) about restoration in progress on the bell tower; with photo of the tower.

A page about the Church has a larger version of the same photo and a history from the perspective of the church. It also has a photo of the previous church building, which housed the original chime (which was NOT salvaged).

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of 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.

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/07/24