LOWELL - STP : USA - MA

*Location:

   St.Patrick's RC Church 
   282 Suffolk Street 
   Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

*Player:

   Jim Fitzgerald 
   850 Princeton Boulevard 
   Lowell, MA  01851-2017 
   H: (978)441-9259

*Contact:

   St.Patrick's Rectory 
   282 Suffolk Street 
   Lowell, MA  01854-4250 
   T: (978)459-0561   F: (978)446-0266 
   - or - 
   Dave McKeon, Archivist 
   1 Benrus Street 
   Nashua, NH  03060-5322 
   H: (603)888-6155

*Remarks:

   Original chime by Stuckstede was made 
   prior to 1896, for Rev.M.O'Brien, 
   Rector; those bells destroyed by fire 
   in 1904; swinging bells were C,E,G,C.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D E   /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1906
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Prior history:
     In 18__, the complete instrument was installed
       with 17 bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website says nothing about where the parish is located and has no photographs. It says nothing about the parish history, though St.Patrick's is the third-oldest parish in the Archdiocese of Boston.

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This map also shows the location of the chime at St.Anne's Church.

Where the initial stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the first Stuckstede bellfoundry. Where the final stage of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) 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  9-Sep-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/09/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/03

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