BREWSTER : USA - NY

*Location:

   St.Cuthbert's Chapel
   Melrose School (Episcopal)
   120 Federal Hill Road
   Brewster, New York, USA
   LL: N 41.40568, W 73.55029

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*Ringers:

   Melrose Guild of Change Ringers
   E: tc@melroseringing.org
        [tower captain]
   E: rm@melroseringing.org
        [ringing master]

*Contact:

   Matt Bogen, Tower Captain
   29 Gleneida Ridge Road
   Carmel, NY 10512-1015
   T: (845)225-0658
   E: mbogen@gmail.com
   - or -
   The Community of the Holy Spirit
   R.D. 5, Federal Hill Road
   Brewster, NY  10509
   T: (914)279-2406

*Schedule:

   Practice Thu 1900-2045, Sun 1430-1645

*Remarks:

   Belfry fully enclosed with glass
   jalousie windows.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1973
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

The school Website doesn't mention the chapel or the bells, but it does have a good locator map and driving directions.

The ringers' Website has photos, history, schedule, etc.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American rings by pitch/weight.
Ranking among all North American rings by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American rings by year of completion.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in NY.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 15-Mar-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/02/18
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/09/08

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