PROCTOR : USA - VT

*Location:

   Union Church of Proctor
   Main and Church Streets
   Proctor, Vermont, USA
   LL: N 43.66003, W 73.03561

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Union Church
   5 Church Street
   Proctor, VT  05765-1101
   T: (802)459-3624  or  -2213 (manse)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Includes 1 Meneely/Troy bell from 1890.
   Electrified in 1940; chimestand
   removed.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   1 bells were recast or replaced in 1961
     by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1923, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Meneely/Troy (except for 1)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

An old photo from a postcard

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
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 VT.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/12/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/12/15

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