GARDEN CITY : USA - NY

*Location:

   Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation
   Sixth Street and Cathedral Avenue
   Garden City,
     Long Island, New York, USA
   LL: N 40.72128, W 73.64204

   Machinery Hall
   Centennial Exposition
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Cathedral of the Incarnation
   50 Cathedral Avenue
   Garden City, NY  11530-4436
   T: (516)746-2955
   - or -
   Cathedral Music Office
   T: (516)248-5704
   E: music@incarnationgc.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   U.S. Winner (Gold Medal) at Centennial
   Exposition, and the first chime made
   by McShane; original chimestand had
   two full rows of manual levers (reason
   unknown) plus full row of pedals.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1876
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1997

*Links:

The cathedral Website has a small photo of the building in the left margin of the home page.  Formerly, there was also a Tour page with clickable versions of several more photos of the building.  These once-famous bells are not mentioned anywhere.

A photo of the building and its spired tower accompanies the report of a visitor.

A news article on the renovation of the spire, including restoration of the bells, unfortunately gives no details.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry.

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

Why this chime was a milestone in North American chime history (1876).  Supposedly it was McShane's first; but Reading is dated 1875!

Index to all tower bell instruments in NY.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jan-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/01

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