*Location:
Sixth Street Market Place Richmond, Virginia, USA
*Remarks:
Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th. Sold and removed in 2006; awaiting relocation elsewhere.
*Technical data:
Chime-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of 14 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is C in the itty-bitty octave
Transposition is up two octaves
Keyboard range: C G / NONE
There are two added semitones
The whole instrument was installed in 1984
with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
Year of latest technical information source is 2006
*Links:
Where 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 VA.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 31-Oct-06 based on textual data last updated on 2006/10/30 and on technical data last updated on 2006/10/30
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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