WILMINGTON - T : USA - DE

*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Church 
   Delaware Avenue & North Adams Street 
   Wilmington, Delaware, USA

*Player:

   Debbie Flad, Sexton

*Contact:

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

*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 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 Website has a tiny drawing of the building in the lower left corner of most pages, but says nothing about the chime. However, there is a photo of the belfry and spire on the history page.

To see a locator map, click here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the location of the chimes at Grace Methodist 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.

Index to North American baton-keyboard chimes.

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 18-Nov-03
   based on textual data last updated on 2003/11/14
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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