SAN FRANCISCO - STP : USA - CA

*Location:

   St.Patrick's Catholic Church 
   756 Mission Street 
   San Francisco, California, USA

*Contact:

   St.Patrick's Church 
   756 Mission Street 
   San Francisco, CA  94103-3113 
   T: (415)421-3730   F: (415)512-9730 
   E: apodios@aol.com

*Remarks:

   Original chime destroyed by earthquake
   and fire in 1906.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1914
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Prior history:
     In 1874, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2003

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

*Links:

A Webpage on the Archdiocesan Website has a small picture of the building.

The church's own Website has a larger photo, which is clickable to see an even larger version. But there is no information about the bells.

To see a locator map, click here: or here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the location of the chime at Ghirardelli Square and the non-traditional carillon at Grace Cathedral (zooming out 1 or 2 levels may be needed).

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) 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 27-Aug-04
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/08/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/08/16

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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