SAN JOSE : USA - CA

   Trinity Chime

*Location:

   Trinity Cathedral
   (formerly Trinity Episcopal Church)
   N. Second Street at E. St.John Street
   San Jose, California, USA
   LL: N 37.33793, W 121.89078

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*Player:

   Trinity Cathedral Bell Ringers   (A)
   c/o Trinity Cathedral
   81 North Second Street
   San Jose, CA  95113-1282
   T: (408)293-7953   F: (408)293-4993
   E: trinicat@pacbell.net

*Contact:

   Julie Pifer
   1519 Cherry Avenue
   San Jose, CA  95125
   H: (408)293-3738   W: (408)293-7953
   F: (408)394-7133
   - or -
   Sue Ellen Hobart
   E: hobe95@aol.com

*Schedule:

   Before & after 10am Sunday service

*Remarks:

   First 5 bells by Meneely, West Troy
   (Watervliet), 1879 & 1880, with 9-note
   chimestand (D-diatonic-A used); present
   bourdon and 4th added (and old 3d, now
   sharp 4th, retuned) in 1905 by same
   maker.  Bourdon swings.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  8 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is no practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1976
     with  9 bells by Petit & Fritsen  
   Prior history:
     In 1960, the instrument was enlarged to  9 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
       (2 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

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

*Links:

The cathedral Website has a photograph of the building on the Ministries page; the Bell Ringers are mentioned on the same page.

Photo of the keyboard

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry. NOTE: The initial phase contained only 7 bells, so it has no distinct record in the database and does not appear under "Technical data" above.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Index to North American baton-keyboard chimes.

Other chimes which qualify as mini-carillons.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in CA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 29-Aug-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/08/28
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/04/02

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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