PETERSBURG : USA - VA

*Location:

   St.Paul's Episcopal Church 
   North Union Street north of
     West Washington Street 
   Petersburg, Virginia, USA

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Church 
   110 North Union Street 
   PO Box 564 
   Petersburg, VA  23803-3808 
   T: (804)733-3415   F: (804)733-8705 

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th. 
   Chimestand removed. 
   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters. 
   Tenor rehung dead.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of  9 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There is one added semitone
   The present keyboard was installed in 1986
     by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1959, the keyboard was replaced
       by an unknown maker
     In 1860, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

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

*Links:

The church Webpage has a drawing of the tower and front of the church.

A history page includes photos and information about the church, but not the bells.

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

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).

Index to all tower bell instruments in VA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  8-May-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/05/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/11/09

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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