HENDERSONVILLE : USA - NC

*Location:

   Patton Memorial Tower
   St.James' Episcopal Church
   North Main Street near 8th Avenue
   Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA
   LL: N 35.32095, W 82.46076
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*Contact:

   Mr. Chris Coleman, Tower Captain
   2840 Haywood Road
   Hendersonville, NC  28791-1330
   H: (828)693-0620
   E: birddochah /@/ yahoo DOTcom
   - or -
   Mr.Beverly Ward, Ringing Master
   1402 Fifth Avenue West
   Hendersonville, NC  28739-4008
   T: (828)693-7248
   E: wbevward/@/bellsouth.net
   - or -
   St.James Church
   766 North Main Street
   Hendersonville, NC  28792-3612
   T: (828)693-7458
   E: stjamesepiscopal@bellsouth.net

*Schedule:

   Practice Monday 1930-2100,
   Saturday 1030-1200;
   service Sunday 0830-55 & 1030-55

*Remarks:

   Also reported as cast in 1977

*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 1978
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978

*Links:

The church Website has a large picture of the church on the main page, as well as an illustrated page about the 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 NC.

*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 1979/03/13

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