BROOKLYN - STAE : USA - NY

*Location:

   St.Ann's Episcopal Church 
   (owned by Packer Collegiate Institute) 
   Livingston and Clinton Streets 
   Brooklyn, New York, USA

*Contact:

   Packer Collegiate Institute 
   170 Joralemon Street 
   Brooklyn, NY  11201-4396
   T: (718)875-6644   F: (718)935-0342 
   E: gjones@packer.edu

*Schedule:

   Disused for many years.

*Remarks:

   Parish sold building to Institute in 
   1969, and merged with parish of 
   Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. 
   The building is being remodeled for 
   school use.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1869
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The Institute Website has a Facilities page which shows part of the St.Ann building from above. From there, information about the conversion of the building (due to be completed in 2003) can be found. The bell tower is possibly part of the facade shown on the plans page.

To see a locator map, click here: or here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
Map 1 also shows (when zoomed out) the locations of the chimes at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, Reformed Church of Flatbush, St.Bartholomew Episcopal Church (chimola), St.Brigid Catholic Church, St.Mark Lutheran Church, St.Peter Lutheran Church, St.Teresa Catholic Church and St.Thomas Episcopal Church (chimola). (Maps 2 and 3 show only the nearest neighbor(s).)

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).

Index to all tower bell instruments in NY.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 23-Jan-03
   based on textual data last updated on 2003/01/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/01/22

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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