*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
*Links:
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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