MERIDEN : USA - CT

*Location:

   Holy Word Ministry
   (was The Unitarian Universalist Church
     of Meriden,
     formerly St.Paul Church, Unitarian)
   5 Norwood Street, between East Main
     and Liberty Streets
   Meriden, Connecticut, USA
   LL: N 41.53599, W 72.79665

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*Player:

   (None)

*Contact:

   Holy Word Foundation Ministry
   5 Norwood Street
   Meriden, CT  06450

*Schedule:

   (Disused)

*Remarks:

   The UU Church sold the building to
   nightclub developers in 2002, and moved
   elsewhere; the building was re-sold
   in 2006; the chime survives.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D E   /    NONE  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1894
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

*Links:

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.

Other chimes which qualify as mini-carillons.

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-Aug-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/08/25
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/03/23

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