SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO : USA - CA

*Location:

   San Juan Capistrano (new church) 
   Camino Capistrano at Acjachema Street 
   San Juan Capistrano, California, USA

*Contact:

   Mission San Juan Capistrano Church 
   31522 Camino Capistrano 
   San Juan Capistrano, CA  92675-2650 
   T: (949)248-2000  or  234-1360 
   F: (948)248-2008 
   E: mkatzmark@missionparish.org

*Remarks:

   Bells swing in openings of 2 vertically 
   stacked bellchambers; 
   notes C, D#, E, G#, A#, C, D#, F.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1983
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

*Links:

The Parish Website includes a small photo of the new church, designed after the long-fallen Stone Church of the original mission.

The Mission Website includes a photo of the four old Spanish bells among those that alternate at the top of the page. (Wait for it!)

To see a locator map, click here: or here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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 31-Aug-04
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/08/31
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/04/01

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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