STORRS - STM : USA - CT

*Location:

   St.Mark's Episcopal Chapel
   (University of Connecticut)
   North Eagleville Road
   Storrs, Connecticut, USA
   LL: N 41.81173, W 72.25349

   Church of the Nativity (Episcopal)
   Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

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*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Mark's Chapel
   42 North Eagleville Road
   Storrs Mansfield, CT  06268-1710
   T: (860)429-2647   F: (860)487-7200
   E: stmarks@stmarkschapel.org

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Originally played from the organ,
   which has since been replaced; the
   current mechanism (if any) is unknown.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1955
     with bells made by Jones in 1860
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004

*Links:

The chapel Website opens with a small photo of the building, which can be re-opened independently for a larger view which clearly shows the placement of these bells.  But there is no information about them.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Jones bellfoundry.

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 2004/01/05

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