TROY - W : USA - NY

*Location:

   Contemporary Artists Center
   (was Woodside Presbyterian Church)
   Mill & Erie Streets
   Troy, New York, USA
   LL: N 42.70503, W 73.69150

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Contemporary Artists Center
   71 Mill Street
   Troy, NY  12180
   T: (518)320-0628
   E: (via Webform @ cactroy.org)
      hezzie/@/cactroy DOTorg

*Schedule:

   Quarters and hour strike from 8-day
   clock installed 1869.

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th.
   Church closed December 2002;
   maintenance was in trust until sold
   to CAC in Oct.2007.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     G G   /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1869
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

*Links:

The CAC Website has a sketch of the church building in the background of all pages.  The History page has an old postcard photo of the church.  But the bells are not mentioned.

An old postcard depicting the church

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

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NY.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 11-Apr-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/03/28
   and on technical data last updated on 1994/01/11

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