WESTERLY : USA - RI

   Milner Memorial Chimes

*Location:

   Christ Episcopal Church
   Broad & Elm Streets (on US Hwy.1)
   Westerly, Rhode Island, USA
   LL: N 41.37638, W 71.82911
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*Player:

   Lido Mochetti
   - and -
   Aimee Blanchette

*Contact:

   Christ Church
   7 Elm Street
   Westerly, RI  02891-2198
   T: (401)596-0198   F: (401)596-6529
   E: through Website form, at
     www.christchurchwesterly.org

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    ----  
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1905
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

*Links:

The church Website has a page about the bells, with very good photos.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) 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  8-Sep-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/09/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/07/03


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