*Location:
Thompson Memorial Chapel (UCC) Williams College Main Street (Rte.2) Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA LL: N 42.71247, W 73.20248
*Player:
Guild of [Student] Carillonneurs
*Contact:
Chaplain's Office Williams College Williamstown, MA 01267 T: (413)597-2483 F: (413)597-3955 E: nancy.luczynski@williams.edu
*Schedule:
Daily at 1250, 1600, 1900.
*Remarks:
Added semitone is flat 7th.
*Technical data:
Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
Keyboard range: D#F / D#G 3
There is one added semitone
The whole instrument was installed in 1904
with bells made by Meneely/Troy
Year of latest technical information source is 1993
*Links:
The Chapel Website includes photos of the building (see under Religious and Spiritual Life -> Sacred Spaces). A page about the student bell ringers can be found under About Us.
Where 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 14-Oct-09 based on textual data last updated on 2009/08/12 and on technical data last updated on 1994/01/11
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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