SCHENECTADY - UC : USA - NY

*Location:

   Memorial Chapel Cupola 
   Union College 
   South Lane at Library Lane 
   Schenectady, New York, USA

*Player:

   Peter K. Smith 
   701 South William Street 
   Johnstown, NY  12095-3212 
   H: (518)762-1587   W: (518)725-7195

*Contact:

   Union College 
   807 Union Street 
   Schenectady, NY  12308 
   T: (518)388-6000

*Remarks:

   Hemispherical bells (Chimola). 
   Added semitones sharp 4th, flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1925
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

*Links:

On the college Website, the campus tour offers a tiny, distorted, off-color photo and too-brief description of the chapel. An article from the alumni magazine gives a better of the photo of the cupola, during renovation in 1995. The chapel is in the lower left portion of an aerial photo. But the chime is not described anywhere.

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Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.

Index to North American chimolas.

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 29-Aug-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/08/29
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08

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