BETHLEHEM - N : USA - PA

*Location:

   Cathedral Church of the Nativity
     (Episcopal)
   Wyandotte Street at West 3rd Street
   South Bethlehem,
     Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.61127, W 75.38387

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Cathedral Church of the Nativity
   321 Wyandotte Street
   Bethlehem, PA  18015-1592
   T: (610)865-0727 or 868-2124
   F: (610)866-0474
   E: mail@nativitycathedral.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   One medium bell supplied in 1897.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1900
     with bells by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 2000

*Links:

The Cathedral Website has no photo of the tower, no history, and no mention of the bells.

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).
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 PA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  3-Oct-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/10/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/07/20

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