*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
     (formerly Trinity Church)
   19th Avenue at Everett Street, NW
   Portland, Oregon, USA
   LL: N 45.52474, W 122.69050

Site locator map

*Player:

   Canon John Strege,
     Director of Cathedral Music
   E: jrstrege@aol.com
   - and -
   Robert (Bob) Rose

*Contact:

   Trinity Cathedral Office
   147 NW 19th Avenue
   Portland, OR  97209-1901
   T: 503-222-9811
   E: cathedraloffice@trinity-episcopal.org

*Schedule:

   Sunday mornings before Eucharist svc

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th; action has
   been adjusted for uniform key travel.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     F F   /    NONE  
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There is one added semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1905
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2020

The Cathedral Website formerly had a History page (under About Trinity), which included an early photo of the previous building, and ... from which one could deduce that the chime was acquired when the present building was constructed.  However, there was no photograph of the present building and no mention of the chime.  Now there is no photo of the building nor any history at all.

A long YouTube video (31:04) by the chimer explains the chime, tours the tower, etc.

Where 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 OR.

   This page was built from the database on 29-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/12/22