NEW YORK - STMI : USA - NY

*Location:

   St.Michael's Episcopal Church 
   West 99th Street & Amsterdam Avenue 
   New York, New York, USA

*Contact:

   St.Michael's Episcopal Church 
   255 West 99th Street 
   New York, NY  10025-5432 
   T: (212)222-2700   F: (212)678-5916 
   E: music@saintmichaelschurch.org

*Remarks:

   The bell installed in 1994 (to replace 
   a cracked 'D' bell) was cast by 
   McShane in 1893.  
   Electrified in early 2003; chimestand 
   remains but is unusable.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   1 bells were recast or replaced in 1994
     by McShane     
   Prior history:
     In 1891, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
       (9 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2003

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

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building on the History page, but the bells are mentioned only in one of the Rector's newsletters.

To see a locator map, click here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
Map 1, when zoomed out one level (then click More Detail) also shows the locations of the chimes at St.Andrew Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity. Zoom out one more level to see the location of the chime at St.Patrick Cathedral and the carillon at St.Thomas Episcopal Church.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
(The replacement bell, not being new at the time of its installation, is not indexed.)

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  5-Jun-03
   based on textual data last updated on 2003/06/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2003/05/09

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