ROME - FB : USA - NY

*Location:

   1st Baptist Church (ABC)
   West Embargo Street at Stevens Street 
   Rome, New York, USA

*Player:

   Bruce G. Smith, Music Director 
   Lee Center, NY  13363 
   H: (315)336-0869

*Contact:

   1st Baptist Church 
   301 West Embargo Street 
   Rome, NY  13440-5086 
   T: (315)336-2610 
   E: fbc-rome@juno.com 
   - or - 
   Anthony D. Elliott 
   809 Van Buren Avenue 
   Rome, NY  13440-4482

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D#--  /    D#-- 4
   The whole instrument was installed in 1908
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

*Links:

The church Website has building photos on the Tour page, but the bells are not mentioned anywhere.

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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-Dec-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/12/10
   and on technical data last updated on 1994/01/11

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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