*Location:
Wanamaker Mausoleum
Church of the St.James-the-Less
(Episcopal)
West Clearfield Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA*Player:
James Altena 300 West Hermitage #1W Philadelphia, PA 19128-4603 H: (215)483-1530 W: (215)963-5328 - or - 3359 Tilden Street Philadelphia, PA 19129-1411 T: (215)848-8275
*Contact:
St.James-the-Less Rectory 3227 West Clearfield Street Philadelphia, PA 19132-1822 T: (215)229-5767 - or - Sexton 3230 West Clearfield Street T: (215)229-5025
*Remarks:
For the tubular chime hung surrounding the bell frame, see STJL/2.
*Technical data:
Traditional chime (chimestand) of 15 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is B in the bass octave
Transposition is up 1 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: A#D / NONE
There are two missing bass semitones
The whole instrument was installed in 1909
with bells made by McShane
Year of latest technical information source is 1994
*Links:
To see a locator map, click here:
or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the location of
St.Timothy Episcopal Church with its chime.
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry.
Other chimes which qualify as mini-carillons.
Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Index to all tower bell instruments in PA.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 17-Sep-02 based on textual data last updated on 2002/01/23 and on technical data last updated on 2000/03/25
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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