*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Church
   North Glass & West Colorado Streets
   Victoria, Texas, USA
   LL: N 28.80871, W 97.00627

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Trinity Church
   1501 North Glass Street
   Victoria, TX  77901-5130
   T: 361-573-3228   F: 361-573-1476
   E: joyce@trinitywelcomesyou.org

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters

*Remarks:

   All bells are P&F heavy profile.
   Original added semitone was flat 7th.
   Expansion added sharp 4th and treble.
   Original 3d (D2) cracked in 1989
   and was recast.
   Tower also contains the old bell which
   was rescued from the 1875 destruction
   by hurricane of the Episcopal Church of
   the Ascension, Indianola, and used
   in the former building of this parish.
   Cast by Meneely/Watervliet in 1871,
   it is cracked at the top, and now hangs
   dead & silent in the chime frame.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     A#D   /    NONE  
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   There are two added semitones
   1 bell was recast or replaced in 1989
     by Petit & Fritsen    
   Prior history:
     In 1967, the instrument was enlarged to 12 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen   
       (2 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1961, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen   
       (9 bells remain from that work.)
       Keyboard range was:     A#C   /    NONE  
       There was one added semitone
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

On the church Website, the tower is pictured and the bells described in an online tour book (see the bottom of the History page; Shockwave required).

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world. Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world. Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and 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  2-Mar-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/02/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/02/02