WILMINGTON - G : USA - DE

*Location:

   Grace United Methodist Church 
   Ninth and North West Streets 
   Wilmington, Delaware, USA

*Player:

   Dr. Mike Carman, Music Director

*Contact:

   Grace Methodist Church 
   903 North West Street 
   Wilmington, DE  19801-1515 
   T: (302)655-8847   F: (302)655-8874

*Technical data: 

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 16 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C#G#  /    ----  
   There are four added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with  2 bells by Meneely/Wvlt
   Prior history:
     In 1920, the instrument was begun with 14 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website has a small photo of the building on the home page, but most of the tower can't be seen. A picture of the tower is on the About page. The bells are not mentioned.

To see a locator map, click here: [ MapsOnUs map ] or here: [ MapsOnUs map ] or here: [ MapBlast map ]
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the location of the chimes at Trinity Episcopal Church and Westminster Presbyterian Church and the non-traditional carillon at the duPont Estate (for which zooming out is needed).

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 Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in DE.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 25-Jul-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/07/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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