LOWELL - STP : USA - MA

*Location:

   St.Patrick's RC Church
   Suffolk Street at Fenwick Terrace
   Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.64545, W 71.31833

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*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
   E: stpatricklowell@comcast.net
   - or -
   Dave McKeon, Archivist
   1 Benrus Street
   Nashua, NH  03060-5322
   H: (603)888-6155

*Schedule:

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*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__, a 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 has a photo of the tower.  A downloadable document about the parish history mentions the Meneely bells installed in the rebuilt church, oddly giving their number as 13; but it does not mention the original chime.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the first Stuckstede bellfoundry.
Where the final phase 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).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 10-Nov-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/11/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/03

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