*Location:

   St.John Vianney Catholic Church
   Nottingham Oaks Trail nr Memorial Drive
   Houston, Texas, USA
   LL: N 29.77034, W 95.61495

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*Contact:

   St.John Vianney Catholic Church
   625 Nottingham Oaks Trail
   Houston, TX  77079-6234
   T: 281-497-1500   F: 281-584-2024
   E: sjv/@/stjohnvianney DOTorg

*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Ten bells cast 1907 for St.George's
   (Lithuanian) Catholic Church,
   Shenandoah, PA; installed here with
   4 new bells by McShane/Baltimore.
   Original added semitone flat 7th; new
   added semitones minor 3d & its octave,
   minor 6th.  Controls completed by
   McShane/St.Louis in 2021.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     D F#  /    NONE  
   There are three added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2015
     with bells made by McShane      (except for *)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The church Website includes an Our Campus page that offers a 1-minute video from a drone camera; that includes a closeup of the belfry in which the bells are visible.
A page about the bells tells their history, purpose, names and weights, and has a gallery of photos of their installation.

Where the initial stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry, in the world.
Where the initial stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry, in the world.

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 TX.

   This page was built from the database on 28-Feb-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/02/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/02/17