*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Church
   South Centre Street & Howard Avenue
   Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.68357, W 76.19428

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Trinity Episcopal Church
   200 South 2nd Street (Centre Street)
   Pottsville, PA  17901-3520
   T: 570-622-8720  F: 570-622-3221
   E: trinitypottsville@verizon.net

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Gift of Charles Baber, industrialist
   and philanthropist

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1874
     with bells made by Jones        
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

Obituary for the donor of the chime

The donor's FindAGrave memorial page includes a photo of the chapel that he built, and a different obituary. Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Jones 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 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/27
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/04/01