TROY - A : USA - NY

*Location:

   Mount Ida Preservation Hall
   (was Episcopal Church of the Ascension)
   Congress Street west of Brunswick Ave.
   Troy, New York, USA
   LL: N 42.72196, W 73.67696

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Mount Ida Preservation Society
   548 Congress Street
   Troy, NY  12180-4432
   T: (518)273-9294
   E: mountida2011@yahoo.com

*Schedule:

   No regular schedule.  Visitors are
   welcome to play when the Association
   meets, 4th Tuesday of each month, 6pm.

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     G G   /    ----  
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1870
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

*Links:

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 13-Oct-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/10/10
   and on technical data last updated on 1994/01/11

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