CHAUTAUQUA : USA - NY

*Location:

   Miller Bell Tower 
   Chautauqua Institution 
   (on the waterfront) 
   NY.Highway 394 near Highway 33 
   Chautauqua, New York, USA 

   Pier Building

*Player:

   Tom Wierbowski 
   170 South Main Street 
   Mansfield, PA  16933-1514 
   H: (570)662-3625 
   Summer: 
   Box 809
   Chautauqua, NY  14722-0809 
   E: TJWier@ptd.net

*Contact:

   Vice President/Operations
   Chautauqua Institution
   Chautauqua, NY  14722
   T: (716)357-6200 or 1-800-836.ARTS

*Schedule:

   Daily during the season-- 
   tunes played 0800-15, 1200-15, 1800-15
   and sometimes 2200-15;
   bass bell swung 1030-2 and 2015-7, also
   Sunday 1500-2 before Amphitheater
   programs.

*Remarks:

   Original chime replaced 3 bells by 
   Meneely & Kimberly, Troy, NY (1877),
   which in turn had replaced a single 
   bell (1874, now in Mayville Methodist 
   Church); added semitone was (and is) 
   flat 7th.  Original chimestand and 
   transmission removed in 1967; the 
   sharp 4th added then was cast in 1878 by
   Meneely & Kimberly.  Electric keyboard,
   action and controls from 1967 totally
   replaced about 1990.
   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  3 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   There is no practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1967
     with  3 bells by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1885, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
       (10 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

A photo of the tower (which is the Institution's logo) appears on the home page of the Institution's Website; another photo is available to download as a desktop image.

To see a locator map, click here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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 16-Feb-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/02/12
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/11/17

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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