Summary of bellfounders' contributions
to chimes in North America

The tables on this page summarize the contributions of various bellfounders to the extant chimes in this region.  Those contributions are detailed on the corresponding index page for this region, where they are listed in order for each foundry by year of installation.

The first table shows the number of instruments for which each founder made any bells, according to the nature of the work done.  The second table shows the number of bells installed in the same stages of work.  Explanations and caveats follow the tables.

   Counts of instrument contributions by maker:
                   Code      Cplt    Fndt    Intm    Extd    Rcst    Tund    Mixd    Kybd    Unkn    TOTAL
      vanBergen      V        10       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0      10
      Deagan         d         1       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       1
      Eijsbouts      E        28       1       3       7       0       1       0       0       0      40
      G & J          G        10       4       0       0       2       0       0       0       0      16
      Hooper/Blake   h         7       3       0       1       0       0       0       0       0      11
      Jones          j        12       4       0       1       0       0       0       0       0      17
      McShane        N       116      17       0       3       4       0       0       0       0     140
      Meeks,Watson   e         0       0       1       4       2       1       0       0       0       8
      Meneely/Troy   m       114      29       4      11       2       0       0       0       0     160
      Meneely/Wvlt   M       101      37       6      11       3       0       0       0       0     158
      Paccard        P        26       1       2       7       0       0       0       0       0      36
      P & F          F        60       2       5      32       3       0       0       0       0     102
      Rüetschi       r         2       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       2
      Taylor         T        21       5       1       5       1       0       0       0       0      33
      Vanduzen       z         6       3       1       2       1       0       0       0       0      13
      Warner         w         2       0       0       2       0       0       0       0       0       4
      Whitechapel    W        15       5       1       2       2       0       0       0       0      25
      other          *        15       3       2       5       1       1       1      11       2      41
      (multiple)     +         0       0       0       0       0       0       3       0       1       4
      unknown                  7       0       4      12       1       0       0      19       9      53
                            ____    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____
       TOTALS:               553     114      30     105      22       3       4      30      12     874

EXPLANATIONS and CAVEATS:

   Bells in instrument contributions by maker:
                   Code      Cplt    Fndt    Intm    Extd    Rcst    Tund    Mixd    Kybd    Unkn    TOTAL
      vanBergen      V       165       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -     165
      Deagan         d        10       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -      10
      Eijsbouts      E       419      14       0       0       -       0       -       -       -     433
      G & J          G       109      42       -       -      22       -       -       -       -     173
      Hooper/Blake   h        83      33       -       0       -       -       -       -       -     116
      Jones          j       112      36       -       0       -       -       -       -       -     148
      McShane        N      1313     178       -       0      16       -       -       -       -    1507
      Meeks,Watson   e         -       -       9       4       4       0       -       -       -      17
      Meneely/Troy   m      1150     292       0       6      12       -       -       -       -    1460
      Meneely/Wvlt   M      1121     389      16       6      11       -       -       -       -    1543
      Paccard        P       394      11       0      11       -       -       -       -       -     416
      P & F          F       756      24       3      42       4       -       -       -       -     829
      R�etschi       r        26       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -      26
      Taylor         T       218      55       1       2       2       -       -       -       -     278
      Vanduzen       z        66      30       0       0      10       -       -       -       -     106
      Warner         w        37       -       -      15       -       -       -       -       -      52
      Whitechapel    W       155      41       1       1       5       -       -       -       -     203
      other          *       188      25       1       4       0       0       0       0       7     225
      (multiple)     +         -       -       -       -       -       -       0       -       0       0
      unknown                 89       -       1       4       3       -       -       0       0      97
                            ____    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____    ____
       TOTALS:              6411    1170      32      95      89       0       0       0       7    7804

EXPLANATIONS and CAVEATS:
All of the explanations and caveats for the first table also apply to the second table, with the following exceptions:


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