PHILADELPHIA - STJL/1 : USA - PA

*Location:

   Wanamaker Mausoleum
   Church of the St.James-the-Less
     (Episcopal)
   West Hunting Park Avenue, between
     Clearfield Street and Indiana Avenue
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.00333, W 75.18349

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*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

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*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:

A National Historic Landmarks Program page about the building gives a few interesting facts.

A page about the gargoyles has two clickable photos of the tower.

The tubular chime (STJL/2) is described on the TowerBells Website.

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).
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  5-Jun-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/05/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2000/03/25

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