SAN ANSELMO - SFTS : USA - CA

*Location:

   Geneva Hall 
   San Francisco Theological Seminary
   Seminary Road 
   San Anselmo, California, USA 

   Montgomery Hall (rooftop)

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   San Francisco Theological Seminary 
   105 Seminary Road 
   San Anselmo, CA  94960-2905 
   T: (415)258-6500 
   - or - 
   Dr. Daniel Hoggatt, 
     Professor of Church Music 
   T: (415)451-2887
   - or - 
   David Chalmers, 
     Director of Physical Plant
   T: (415)451-2806 
   (Email addresses available at sfts.edu)

*Schedule:

   Automatically at the hour, 0800-2000 
   daily; very rarely played by hand.

*Remarks:

   The donor of this chime, Robert Dollar,
   also gave McShane chimes to Falkirk,
   Scotland, and San Rafael, California.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1923
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The Seminary Website is extremely slow to load on some old Web browsers, but works satisfactorily on most current ones. There is a nice photo of the hilltop campus, showing both Montgomery Hall (the flat-topped square stone tower at left), and Geneva Hall (the square white tower at right). There is also a larger photo of Geneva Hall and its tower. Unfortunately, there is almost no information about the bells; most references to "Chimes" have to do with the semi-annual alumni newsletter.
A campus map (which is hard to find) locates both of the buildings which have held the chime.
A Facts page tells more about the donor and his gifts to the Seminary.

An extended biography of the donor is part of a Website about the San Rafael cultural center which his former mansion has become.

To see a locator map, click here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the location of the zvon at St.Nicholas Orthodox Church.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry.

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 19-Feb-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/02/19
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/01/01

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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