MIDDLETOWN -- : USA - NY

*Location:

   St.Joseph's Catholic Church 
   Cottage Street 
   Middletown, New York, USA

*Contact:

   St.Joseph's Rectory 
   149 Cottage Street 
   Middletown, NY  10940-3704 
   T: (845)343-6013   F: (845)344-4735

*Remarks:

   An 1800 lb McShane bell was added or 
   replaced in 1953.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   1 bells were recast or replaced in 1953
     by McShane     
   Prior history:
     In 1910, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1997

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

*Links:

To see a locator map, click here: or here:
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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry.
The final phase of this work is not indexed because the date of the added bell is unknown. (If it was a recycled bell, it will not be indexed anyway.)

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 2002/12/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/02/12

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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