DARIEN : USA - CT

*Location:

   St.Luke's Episcopal Church
   [Boston] Post Road at Rings End Road
   Noroton,
     Darien, Connecticut, USA
   LL: N 41.0612, W 73.4842

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*Player:

   Members of the parish

*Contact:

   St.Luke's Church
   PO Box 3128
   Darien, CT  06820-8128
   T: (203)655-1456   F: (203)655-7716
   E: info@saintlukesdarien.org
      neal.campbell@saintlukesdarien.org

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in 1974
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1875, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
       (9 bells 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 church Website shows part of the building in the background of a choir photo on the Music page.  The same page recruits people to play the tower bells.  But there is no information about the instrument.

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 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 CT.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 25-Sep-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/09/19
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/12/12

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