BROOKLYN - STM : USA - NY

*Location:

   St.Mark's Evang. Lutheran Church (LCMS)
   Bushwick Avenue & Jefferson Street 
   Brooklyn, New York, USA

*Contact:

   St.Mark's Church Office 
   626 Bushwick Avenue 
   Brooklyn, NY  11206-6097 
   T: (718)453-4040   F: (718)455-5484

*Remarks:

   Made by Henry Stuckstede Bell Foundry 
   Co. of St.Louis, prior to 1892 and
   probably after 1885, for 
   Rev.August Emil Frey. 
   Unique chimestand with keys in four 
   groups, 3/6/4/3 notes.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 16 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    ----  
   There are four added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 18__
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 1997

*Links:

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.Ann Episcopal Church / Packer Institute, St.Bartholomew Episcopal Church (chimola), St.Brigid Catholic 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 first Stuckstede 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 26-Jul-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/07/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/07/26

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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