*Location:

   Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral
   (was Church of the Saviour)
   38th & Ludlow Streets
   University City,
     Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 39.95580, W 75.19804

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Philadelphia Cathedral
   3723 Chestnut Street
   Philadelphia, PA  19104-3189
   T: 215-386-0234   F: 215-386-5009
   E: lbuggage@philadelphiacathedral.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th.
   Tenor swings.
   Original bells destroyed by fire, 1919;
   replaced by original donor.
   Church became a cathedral in 1992,
   and was renamed.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D G   /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   All bells were recast or replaced in 1920
     by McShane     
   Prior history:
     In 1912, the instrument was begun with 13 bells
       by McShane     
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W1    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

The previous version of the Cathedral Website included on most pages a photo of the tower taken from a nearby office building.  But the current version has no exterior pictures.  A History page can be accessed from Our Space in the bottom-margin menu of most pages, but it no longer mentions the bells.  An embedded PDF under "Development Project" includes a photo of the building in which bells are visible in the tower. But they are not mentioned anywhere.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane 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 PA.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/01/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/08/30