MARIETTA - STJ : USA - GA

*Location:

   St.James' Episcopal Church
   Polk & Church Streets NW
   Marietta, Georgia, USA
   LL: N 33.9553, W 84.5502
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*Contact:

   Derek Wilsden, Ringing Master
   854 Colston Road
   Marietta, GA  30064
   T: (770)426-9892
   E: dnjw/./slq/@/juno/./com
   - or -
   Kathryn E. Tucker, Tower Captain
   T: (678)487-1319
   E: ket13hlbg/@/mac/./com
   - or -
   St.James Church
   161 Church Street NW
   Marietta, GA  30060-1693
   T: (770)428-5841
   E: info@stjamesmarietta.com

*Schedule:

   Practice Mon 1930-2130, Sat 0930-1130;
   service Sunday 1000-20 and 1050-1110
   (after 9:00 and before 11:15 services)

*Remarks:

   Bells cast 1995, installed early 1996
   by Eayre & Smith.  Also in the tower
   (above the sound-control doors) is a
   sanctus bell, recast in 1971 from
   an older American bell.

*Technical data: 

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1996
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1996

*Links:

The church Website is not accessible (beyond the home page) to some Web browsers.  The pull-down Worship menu includes a page devoted to the tower bells, with photos and history.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

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  3-May-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/27
   and on technical data last updated on 1997/07/22

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