WILMINGTON - T : USA - DE

*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Church
   Delaware Avenue & North Adams Street
   Wilmington, Delaware, USA
   LL: N 39.75048, W 75.55465

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*Player:

   Debbie Flad, Sexton

*Contact:

   Trinity Church
   1108 North Adams Street
   Wilmington, DE  19801-1327
   T: (302)652-8605   F: (302)652-8611
   E: officepc@trinityparishde.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Quasi-baton keyboard has 2 "black" keys
   in line with "white" keys but shorter

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with  2 bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Prior history:
     In 1925, the instrument was begun with 12 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's old Website is not accessible to the public.  It had a tiny drawing of the building in the lower left corner of most pages, but said nothing about the chime.  However, there was a photo of the belfry and spire on the history page.
The church's new Website mentions these bells on a "building and Grounds" page (under About Us), and pictures the building on a "Past and Present" page in the same place.

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.

Index to North American baton-keyboard chimes.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in DE.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  3-Sep-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/09/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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