UTICA - G : USA - NY

*Location:

   Grace Episcopal Church
   Elizabeth & Genesee Streets
   Utica, New York, USA
   LL: N 43.10125, W 75.23113
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Grace Church
   6 Elizabeth Street
   Utica, NY  13501-2263
   T: (315)733-7575   F: (315)733-7593
   E: gracech@borg.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Automatic mechanism simulates change
   ringing.  Last bell installed between
   1993 and 1997.

*Technical data: 

   Electric-keyboard chime of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 1993
     with bells made by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1964, the instrument was enlarged to 12 bells
       by an unknown maker
     In 1870, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Webpage has a colored drawing of the building.  (There are no longer any additional pages.)

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
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Where the initial phase of 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 26-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/08/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08

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