TROY - STPA : USA - NY

*Location:

   St.Patrick's Catholic Church 
   3000 block of 6th Avenue 
   Troy, New York, USA

*Player:

   Joe Connors 
   25 Stratton Circle 
   Troy, NY  12182-3609 
   H: (518)235-0411 
   E: allchimes@aol.com

*Contact:

   St.Patrick's Rectory 
   3027 6th Avenue 
   Troy, NY  12180-1397 
   T: (518)272-4666

*Remarks:

   Added semitones are sharp 4th and 
   flat 7th.  Also in belfry is a swinging
   bell by Jones, 1876, pitch D#.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D F#  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1925
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

To see a locator map, click here: [ MapsOnUs map ] or here: [ MapsOnUs map ] or here: [ MapBlast map ]
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the locations of the chimes at Ascension Episcopal Church, St.John's Episcopal Church, St.Joseph's Catholic Church, St.Peter's Catholic Church and Woodside Presbyterian Church.

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 27-Nov-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/07/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1994/01/17

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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