CENTRAL FALLS : USA - RI

*Location:

   St.George's Episcopal Church
   12 Clinton Street
   Central Falls, Rhode Island, USA
   LL: N 41.88475, W 71.39139
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*Player:

   Church members

*Contact:

   Rev. Michael F. DeVine
   St.George's Rectory
   16 Clinton Street
   Central Falls, RI  02863-2906
   T: (401)728-1395
   - or -
   Church office
   T: (401)722-9449
   E: ap735@earthlink.net

*Schedule:

   Irregular

*Remarks:

   Added semitones: sharp 4th & flat 7th;
   swinging bass bell hung within main
   frame, not on top.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1926
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1974

*Links:

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) 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 RI.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  4-Sep-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/09/03
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/08/22


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