PRINCETON - T : USA - NJ

*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Church 
   33 Mercer Street 
   Princeton, New Jersey, USA

*Player:

   Don Beer 
   Box 204 
   Princeton, NJ  08542-0204 
   H: (609)683-0786

*Contact:

   Trinity Church 
   33 Mercer Street 
   Princeton, NJ  08540-6893 
   T: (609)924-2277   F: (609)924-9140 
   E: peterse@trinityprinceton.org

*Remarks:

   Original bells dated 1914; Paccard 
   bells installed by Arthur Bigelow.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     F A#  /    F A# 4
   There is one added semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in 19??
     with  3 bells by Paccard     
   Prior history:
     In 1915, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
       (9 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1995

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the tower on the splash page (though not all browsers can see it), and a larger version on the main page. But the chime is not mentioned anywhere.

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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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  4-Mar-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/03/04
   and on technical data last updated on 2000/09/09

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