Chimes of 4 to 20 hemispherical bells, the largest sometimes weighing more than 1200 pounds,
are known to have been made by the following English foundries:
- Gillett & Bland made at least 2 of them, in 1877-78;
- Gillett, Bland & Co. made 1 in 1878;
- Taylor made at least 4 of them between 1864 and 1875;
- Warner made a few of them between 1875 and 1904;
- Whitechapel made dozens of them, as Mears (1848-50), C&G Mears (1851),
Mears & Stainbank (1867-1932).
Five were also made by the Meneely/Watervliet foundry in America ("WT" below).
North American chimolas are listed in order by year of installation.
OLD GREENWICH - B : USA - CT 1901 - Warner Chimes Building Tod's Point (Greenwich Point Park) PITTSBURGH - FB : USA - PA 1913 - M&S First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh (ABC) BROOKLYN - STTH : USA - NY 1924 - WT St.Thomas' Episcopal Church SCHENECTADY - UC : USA - NY 1925 - WT Memorial Chapel Cupola Union College TROY - JC : USA - NY 1926 - WT (in storage) relocated from Bangor PA in 2006 NEWARK - BSC : USA - NJ 1927 - WT Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church BROOKLYN - STBA : USA - NY 1928 - WT St.Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
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