PHILADELPHIA - STCB : USA - PA

*Location:

   St.Charles Borromeo Catholic Church 
   South 20th and Christian Streets 
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 
   LL: N 39.94105, W 75.17593

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*Player:

   James Hale 
   E: jhale2@comcast.net

*Contact:

   St.Charles Rectory 
   902 South 20th Street 
   Philadelphia, PA  19146-2697 
   T: (215)735-0600  or  -1140 
   F: (215)735-6630 
   E: stcb@prodigy.net

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Some repairs done in 2005-06; 
   most bells now playable from chimestand.
   Bass bell swings.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     D E   /    NONE  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1904
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

*Links:

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
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 28-Feb-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/02/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/02/06

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