ORANGE - STJ : USA - NJ

*Location:

   St.John the Evangelist Catholic Church 
   Ridge and White Streets 
   Orange, New Jersey, USA
   LL: N 40.77692, W 74.23284

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Rev. Robert J. Patterson, Pastor 
   St.John's Rectory 
   94 Ridge Street 
   Orange, NJ  07050-1604  
   T: (973)674-0110 
   E: stjohn@intac.com
   - or - 
   Vincent Clark, organist

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Three bells made in France, bought in
   1881 (D, E, F#); added semitones 
   are F#, A#.  Original chimestand 
   removed.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1881
     with bells made by McShane      (except for 3)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(See also our Emporis Advice.)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in NJ.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 29-Mar-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/03/29
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/12/31

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