CINCINNATI - STT : USA - OH

*Location:

   St.Teresa of Avila RC Church 
   Overlook Avenue 
   Price Hill, 
     Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 

   St.Peter in Chains Cathedral

*Player:

   Peg Delaney, Director of Music

*Contact:

   St.Teresa Rectory
   1175 Overlook Avenue 
   Cincinnati, OH  45238-4496 
   T: (513)921-9200   F: (513)921-0307 
   E: stteresa@fuse.net

*Remarks:

   Bells cast in 1851 by George L. Hanks 
   (see CINCINNATI - STPC).

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1955
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the tower on the About Us page, but says nothing about the bells.

A page of clickable photos of the church; in one of them, the bells are visible in the octagonal tower.

To see a locator map, click here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
Map 1 also shows the locations of the chimes at St.Peter-in-Chains Cathedral (where this chime was originally located) and Westwood United Methodist Church and the non-traditional carillon at St.John's United Church of Christ.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the HanksNiles bellfoundry.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Why this chime at its original site was a milestone in North American chime history (1851).

Index to all tower bell instruments in OH.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jan-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/01/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2003/11/08

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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