AUGUSTA - STP : USA - GA

*Location:

   St.Paul's Episcopal Church 
   605 Reynolds Street 
   Augusta, Georgia, USA

*Player:

   Keith Shafer, Director of Music 
   E: shafer@knology.net

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Church
   605 Reynolds Street 
   Augusta, GA  30901-1431 
   T: (706)724-2485   F: (706)724-0904 
   E: mailbox@saintpauls.org

*Remarks:

   Electrified by Vanbergen.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in 2001
     with bells made by Paccard     
   Prior history:
     In 1923, the instrument was begun with 11 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website has a sketch of the building. There is a photo on the Parish Profile page, where information about the chime can also be found. Another photo is on the Churchyard page.

To see a locator map, click here: or here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the location of the chime at First Baptist Church.

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 Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in GA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  9-Mar-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/02/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/07/16

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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