CALISTOGA : USA - CA

*Location:

   Sterling Winery 
   Calistoga, California, USA

*Contact:

   Sterling Vineyards 
   1111 Dunaweal Lane 
   Calistoga, CA  94515-9635 
   T: (800)726-6136
   E: kendall@svclub.com

*Schedule:

   Every half hour.  Winery open daily 
   1030-1630 except Thanksgiving, 
   Christmas, and New Years Day.

*Remarks:

   Bells distributed among 3 different 
   "towers" on winery building; some are 
   hung dead and some swing.
   Originally a heavier ring of 8, cast
   in 1951 for St.Dunstans-in-the-East,
   London, England.  Tenor removed, treble
   added and 2 bells recast in 1972.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1972
     with bells made by Taylor (some cast in 1951)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978

*Links:

The company Website pictures one of the belfries on the splash page. Another is pictured on the About page, which includes the history of the bells. A picture on the Guest Services page suggests that one of the belfries may have been relocated to the new entrance to the winery. The Calendar page pictures the hilltop winery building from a distance. Selected views from the winery tour: two belfries; the portico plaza belfry.

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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in CA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jul-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/07/26
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/01/11

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