BROOKLYN - STTE : USA - NY

*Location:

   St.Teresa's RC Church 
   Classon Avenue at Sterling Place 
   Brooklyn, New York, USA

*Contact:

   St.Teresa of Avila Rectory 
   563 Sterling Place 
   Brooklyn, NY  11238-4800 
   T: (718)622-6500   F: (718)622-2234

*Remarks:

   Tenor swings.  Had electric action 
   before 1924, possibly original; 
   re-electrified in 1955. 
   The Meneely/Troy foundry claimed that 
   it was the sound of this chime which 
   caused that firm to be selected to make
   the very similar chime for the Cadet
   Chapel at West Point, NY, in 1919. 
   Originally an Irish parish; each bell 
   carries the name of an Irish saint.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1905
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1912

*Links:

A former parishioner has provided the following photos:

• church exterior, from a postcard of unknown vintage (40KB, color)
• church exterior, from the 1924 Golden Jubilee book (163KB, B/W)
• church exterior, from the 1949 Diamond Jubilee book (112KB, B/W)
• tenor bell, from the 1924 Golden Jubilee book (110KB, B/W)

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.Mark Lutheran Church, St.Peter Lutheran 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 (Troy) 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 10-Apr-04
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/04/10
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/12/12

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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