UPPER MONTCLAIR - STJ : USA - NJ

*Location:

   St.James Episcopal Church 
   Valley Road at Bellevue Avenue 
   Upper Montclair, New Jersey, USA

*Player:

   Mary Turlin (Mrs. J. L.) 
   366 North Mountain Avenue 
   Upper Montclair, NJ  07043-1427 
   H: (973)783-1354

*Contact:

   Rev. Frederick P. Boswell, Jr., Rector 
   St.James Episcopal Church 
   581 Valley Road 
   Upper Montclair, NJ  07043-1826
   T: (973)744-0270   F: (973)744-6860 
   E: friends@stjamesepiscopal.org

*Remarks:

   Added semitones are G#, C. 
   Chime refurbished c.2001

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D E   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1919
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

The church Website has a tiny photo of the building with the tower half-hidden.

To see a locator map, click here: or here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the location of the chime at The Presbyterian Church.

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 24-Aug-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/01/21
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/09/23

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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