Index to carillons and chimes by Stuckstede

The first Stuckstede foundry, now closed, provided bells for five chimes throughout the USA.  See the bottom of this page for additional historical notes on the origin and development of this bellfoundry and on the various names used by it.

The sites are listed in order by year of installation (unknown first).
Following the year is an indication of the founder's contribution to the instrument: 

   C = Complete instrument
Finally, there is an indication of the type of instrument:
   chime     - chime (any mechanism)
   [...]     - instrument is defunct; link is to "sites that are no more"
   (...)...  - instrument was replaced,
               or all bells in this phase were recast or replaced;
               link is to the same site

Stuckstede, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

BROOKLYN - STM                : USA - NY     18?? C  chime
   St.Mark's Evang. Lutheran Church (LCMS)
LOWELL - STP                  : USA - MA     18?? C  (chime)
   St.Patrick's RC Church
When the exact date and maker's inscription of the above chimes are discovered, they will be moved into the appropriate section below.

J. G. Stuckstede & Bro., Saint Louis, Missouri, USA (1864-1883)

The foundry made only single bells and small peals (2 to 4 bells) during this period.  However, in 1881 they cast a 6000 pound bell for what was then St.Joseph's Catholic Church (now St.Joseph's Shrine) in St.Louis; that is still the heaviest bell in the state of Missouri.

Henry Stuckstede & Co., Saint Louis, Missouri, USA (1884-1888)

The foundry took on a new name after the retirement of J.G.Stuckstede in 1883, though he lived until 1901. 
JERSEY CITY - STPU            : USA - NJ     188? C  [chime]
   St.Paul's Catholic Church
IOWA CITY                     : USA - IA     1885 C  chime
   St.Mary of the Visitation Church (RC)
   (aka St.Mary of the Assumption)

The Henry Stuckstede Bell Foundry Co., Saint Louis, Missouri, USA (1888-1931)

The firm was incorporated under this name in 1888, and retained the name after the death of Henry Stuckstede in 1911. 
SAINT LOUIS - Z               : USA - MO     1895 C  chime
   Zion Lutheran Church (LCMS)

Historical Notes:

This foundry was begun in 1855 by Johann Gerhard Stuckstede, and was operated for several years as J.G.Stuckstede & Co.  In 1863 the original partnership broke up; J.G.Stuckstede then took his much younger brother Henry as a junior partner, thus forming J.G.Stuckstede & Bro.  Under this name and the two later names, this foundry was probably the largest American producer of bells west of Cincinnati.  More bells remain in the St.Louis region from it (at least 340) than from any other bellfoundry.

The second Stuckstede foundry, now closed, was named Stuckstede & Bro., and was operated by two sons of J.G.Stuckstede (and therefore nephews of Henry Stuckstede).  This foundry operated in Saint Louis, Missouri, from 1890 to 1940, and intermittently thereafter until 1961.  No chimes are known to have come from this foundry, but at least 90 of its bells (mostly single but some in peals of two or three) remain in the Saint Louis region.  It was the second largest of several bellfoundries in this city.

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This index page was built from the database on 09-Dec-01 and last updated on 20-Sep-06.

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