HAVERHILL : USA - MA

*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Church 
   White and Williams Streets 
   Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA

*Player:

   Nancy Morrissey 
   E: pinyenka@aol.com

*Contact:

   Trinity Church Office 
   26 White Street 
   Haverhill, MA  01830-5702 
   T: (978)372-4244   F: (978)469-0648 
   E: trntyhav@ma.ultranet.com

*Remarks:

   Original bells cast by Wm.Blake & Co., 
   Boston, MA.; original added semitone
   was flat 7th; added bell assumed to be 
   the treble.  Tenor & 6th once swung.

*Technical data:

   Chime with Ellacombe stand of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     G A   /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in 198_
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1869, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by Hooper/Blake
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

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

*Links:

The church Website has a drawing of the building on the home page. The chime is barely mentioned on the History page.

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Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hooper/Blake bellfoundry.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in MA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  8-Sep-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2001/12/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/12/12

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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