STOCKBRIDGE : USA - MA

*Location:

   Dudley Field Memorial Tower
   (also called "Children's Chime Tower")
   on the Village Green
   West Main Street (Rte.102) at Rte.103
   Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.28367, W 73.31978

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*Player:

   Susan Anderson
   E: notangelini@yahoo.com

*Contact:

   (Mrs.) Claire G. Williams
   4 Larrywaug Crossroad (Box 101)
   Stockbridge, MA  01262
   H: (413)298-4857
   - or -
   Town of Stockbridge

*Schedule:

   Daily 1730-1800, May thru September,
   or "apple blossom time until frost."

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There is one added semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1878, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
   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 Town Website has a photo of the tower in the rotating series of photos at lower left.  But there is no further information about the chime.

On the Chamber of Commerce Website, the tower is pictured at the top of the home page, and described briefly on the Main Street section of the Tour.  A town map is almost unreadable, but the tower can be found near the right edge (which is to the east--this map is upside down!).

A combined biography of David Dudley Field, father and son (and equally famous brothers) does not mention the chime but does show clearly the fame of the donor (which is presumed to have been D.D.Field the younger).

Wikimedia photo

Another photo Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) 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 2001/08/08

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