NORTHAMPTON - 2 : USA - MA

*Location:

   Mendenhall Center for the Performing
     Arts
   Smith College
   Green Street
   Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.31606, W 72.63938
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*Contact:

   Alan H. Durfee,
     NAG Area Representative
   20 Atwood Road
   South Hadley, MA  01075-1602
   H: (413)532-5413   W: (413)538-2299
   F: (413)538-2239
   E: adurfee@mtholyoke.edu
   - or -
   Office of the President
   Smith College
   Northampton, MA  01063
   T: (413)585-2100
   - or -
   Main Switchboard: (413)584-2700

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data: 

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1968
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

The Smith College Website does not mention the tower or these bells.

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 including the carillon in College Hall.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on  3-May-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/27
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/01/16

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