HINGHAM : USA - MA

*Location:

   Hingham Memorial Bell Tower
   Main Street near Elm Street
   Hingham, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.24136, W 70.88639

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*Contact:

   Hingham Memorial Bell Tower Committee
   Hingham Town Hall
   210 Central Street
   Hingham, MA  02043-2759
   T: (781)741-1410  [Town Clerk]
   E: via Webform [@] www.hingham-ma.gov
   - or -
   Kenneth W. Drescher
   23 Cedar Street
   Hingham, MA  02043-2701
   H: (781)749-5179   F: (617)269-7117
   E: moonballoon /@/ gmail DOTcom
   - or -
   Joan R. Getto
   2 Rice Road
   Hingham, MA  02043-4520
   H: (617)740-1523

*Schedule:

   Practice Tuesday 1900-2030

*Remarks:

   Whether the non-swinging bell is a
   treble or a semitone is not yet known.

*Technical data:

   Ring of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE10/    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1912
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

The Hingham Memorial Bell Tower Committee has a small tower photo on the town Website.

Historic postcard depicting the tower

Memorial Tower stands behind the Old Ship Church, at the entrance to the cemetery.  (The single bell in the church cupola is probably from the Blake/Hooper foundry of Boston.)

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 MA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 14-Nov-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/11/14
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/01/30

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