AUBURN : USA - NY

*Location:

   Episcopal Church of SS.Peter & John
     (was St.Peter's Episcopal Church)
   Genesee Street [West] at James Street
   Auburn, New York, USA
   LL: N 42.92987, W 76.57095

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   St.Peter's Church
   169 Genesee Street
   Auburn, NY  13021-3496
   T: (315)252-5721
   E: taylor-weiss@juno.com  [rector]
      frdoug1@verizon.net
      sspeterandjohn@verizon.net

*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Chimestand has lock bar to make it
   usable for practice.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1875
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

*Links:

The church Website has two photos of the building on the home page (mouse over the menu).  There is no history, and the bells are not mentioned anywhere.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in NY.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 10-Nov-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/11/03
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/01/01

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