PHILADELPHIA - STB : USA - PA

*Location:

   St.Barnabas Roman Catholic Church
   63rd Street and Buist Avenue
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 39.92239, W 75.22663

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   St.Barnabas Rectory
   6300 Buist Avenue
   Philadelphia, PA  19142-3004
   T: (215)726-1119   F: (215)726-1180
   E: barney /@/ stbarnabascc DOTcom

*Schedule:

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*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1952
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

*Links:

The church Website opens with a photo of the building and bell tower.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in PA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 28-Apr-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/04/27
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20

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