*Location: Watervliet Historical Society 1st Avenue and 15th Street (across from site of original foundry) Watervliet, New York, USA LL: N 42.72620, W 73.70122*Former locations: 2006-2013: Private estate Fulton County, New York, USA 1926-2006: Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church (ELCA) 404 Broadway, at South Fourth Street Bangor, Pennsylvania, USA
*Player: (unknown) *Contact: Watervliet Historical Society *parcel: 1501 1st Avenue Watervliet, NY 12189 *postal: PO Box 246 Watervliet, NY 12189 T: (518)272-0715 E: watervliethistoricsociety@ albany.twcbc.com *Schedule: On request, by visitors, with hand-held rubber mallets. Museum open Wed-Sat, 1100-1600. *Remarks: Hemispherical bells (chimola); added semitones are sharp 4th & flat 7th. Bells removed in 2006 by Joe Connors, abandoning original electric action (long inoperable) in place; donated/relocated 2013; now indoors. Also here is a 6800# bell from same foundry, cast 1906 for St.Patrick's RC Church in this city, costing $3500. *Technical data: Chime-sized instrument or collection of 11 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave Keyboard range: E F / NONE Transposition is down 1 semitone(s), i.e., from C to B There are two added semitones The whole instrument was installed in 1926 with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt Auxiliary mechanisms: nI Tower details: Height of console: N/A Height of lowest level of bells: 1 meters above ground Height of highest level of bells: 2 meters above ground Belfry openness: N/A Year of latest technical information source is 2013*Links:
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