ALBANY - STP : USA - NY

*Location:

   St.Peter's Episcopal Church 
   State & Lodge Streets
   Albany, New York, USA
   LL: N 42.65082, W 73.75403

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*Player:

   Neil K. Keen, Music Director 
   T: (518)439-9238 
   - or - 
   Vaughn Mauren

*Contact:

   St.Peter's Church 
   107 State Street 
   Albany, NY  12207-1683 
   T: (518)434-3502 
   E: office@stpeterschurchalbany.org

*Schedule:

   Sunday, before & after 1030 service

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1875
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building on the home page.  There is an illustrated page dedicated to the bells (Historic St.Peter's -> Edifice -> Tower Room), and more photos can be found on the Architecture page.  Another picture of the tower is on the About Us page, and yet another (showing in the background the carillon tower of City Hall) is on the Location page.

A photo of the building and tower accompanies the report of a visitor.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)

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).

Why this chime was a milestone in North American chime history (1875).

Index to all tower bell instruments in NY.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 13-Feb-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/01/22
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/12/31

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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