HAMPTON : USA - VA

*Location:

   The Memorial Church 
   Hampton University 
     (formerly Hampton Institute) 
     (originally Normal and Agricultural 
       Institute)
   Shore Road at Marshall Avenue 
   Hampton, Virginia, USA

*Contact:

   University Chaplain 
   Hampton University 
   Queen and Tyler Streets 
   Hampton, VA  23668-0199 
   T: (757)727-5340   F: (757)727-5085

*Remarks:

   Chimestand removed.
   Added semitone is sharp 4th.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1887
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1970

*Links:

The Hampton University Website has an aerial photo of the campus on the home page; the church is just below and right of center. A small photo which includes the tall tower may appear among the alternating photos on the same page. The Virtual Tour includes a 9MB (not KB!) QuickTime movie of the church, which serves as the University Chapel; it's worth the wait if you have a high-speed Internet connection.

A very large photo (498KB) of the tower

To see a locator map, click here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.

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 VA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 21-Mar-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/03/21
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/05/18

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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