NEWPORT - CM : USA - RI

*Location:

   Channing Memorial Church (UU)
   Pelham Street at Touro Park
   Newport, Rhode Island, USA
   LL: N 41.48541, W 71.31021

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Channing Memorial Church
   135 Pelham Street
   Newport, RI  02840-3131
   T: (401)846-0643
   E: office@channingchurch.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Old bells reconditioned by Eijsbouts,
   who added sharp 4th; local work by
   Chime Masters, who built baton keyboard
   with space for 3 more bells.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 2009
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1881, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by Hooper/Blake
   Year of latest technical information source is 2009

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

On the church Website, all pages have a small sketch of the building in the upper left corner.  The Capital Campaign page has videos of removal of the bells, reconstruction of the spire, etc.  The information page has a photo of the building and its stone-spired tower.  There is a page of text about the bells under Our Sacred Space

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hooper/Blake bellfoundry.

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 10-Nov-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/11/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2009/10/07

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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