*Location:

   St.John's Episcopal Church
   1st and Liberty Streets
   Troy, New York, USA
   LL: N 42.72559, W 73.69393

Site locator map

*Player:

   Andrew S. Mace
   East Nassau, NY  12062
   H: 518-766-5413
   E: herald948@aol.com

*Contact:

   St.John's Church
   146 1st Street
   Troy, NY  12180-4431
   T: 518-274-5884   F: 518-274-5880
   E: saintjohnstroy@juno.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones are sharp 4th and
   flat 7th.  Unclear whether Meneely/Troy
   replaced entire chime or only parts;
   some 1870 bells may remain, as well as
   much of original mechanism.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D E   /    D G  4
   There are two added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   All bells were recast or replaced in 1911
     by Meneely/Troy
   Prior history:
     In 1870, the instrument was begun with 11 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was unknown
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S1    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  4 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   13 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   . meters above ground
     Belfry openness:   .%
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The church Website includes a small picture of the stone-spired building within the montage on the splash page. Larger pictures are on the History page. There is an excellent long page about the chime.

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 (Troy) 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  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/09/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/12/10