*Location:
Chime tower Parish House garden St.Michael's Church (Episcopal) Hope and Church Streets Bristol, Rhode Island, USA LL: N 41.66881, W 71.27607 z19*Former Location (1897-1961):
Trinity Episcopal Church Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
*Player:
Alexander S. Bauhart, Minister of Music,
Organist and Choirmaster
E: bauhart@aya.yale.edu*Contact:
St.Michael's Church
399 Hope Street
Bristol, RI 02809-1803
- or -
PO Box 414
Bristol, RI 02809-0414
T: (401)253-7717 F: (401)253-7785
E: rector@stmichaelsbristolri.org
music@stmichaelsbristolri.org*Schedule:
Daily (automatically) 1205-08 and 1810-13.
*Remarks:
Original 10 bells variously dated 1897, 1899, 1900; added semitone was the flat 7th. Sharp 4th added 1949. Tower of parish house (formerly chapel) has an 1877 Frederick Fuller bell, the eighth bought by this parish.
*Technical data:
Electric-keyboard chime of 18 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
Transposition is unknown
Keyboard range: ---- / ----
The instrument was enlarged in 1988
with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
Prior history:
In 1961, the instrument was enlarged to 12 bells
by Petit & Fritsen
(1 bells were added in and/or remain from that work.)
In 1949, the instrument was enlarged to 11 bells
by Meneely/Wvlt
In 1899, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
by Meneely/Wvlt
Year of latest technical information source is 2002
*Links:
Where the initial phase of this work (1897) lies in the sequence of output of the
Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the second phase of this work (1899-1900) lies in the sequence of output of the
Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry,
in this region
and in the world.
Where the final phase of 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 chimes by size (number of bells).
Index to all tower bell instruments in RI.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 29-Jul-06 based on textual data last updated on 2006/07/29 and on technical data last updated on 2002/07/26
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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