*Location:

   St.Joseph's Chapel
   Kent School
   Macedonia Road (Conn. Hwy 341)
   Kent, Connecticut, USA
   LL: N 41.72594, W 73.48429

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*Contact:

   Thomas W. Holcombe, Music Director
     and Tower Captain
   Kent School
   Kent, CT  06757
   H: (860)927-4389
   E: holcombet/@/kent-school DOTedu
   - or -
   Kent School
   *parcel:
     One Macedonia Road
     Kent, CT  06757
   *postal:
     PO Box 2006
     Kent, CT  06757-0640
   T: (800)538-5368  -or-  (860)927-6000
   F: (860)927-6109

*Schedule:

   Practice irregular.

*Remarks:

   Rope guides added early 1992.
   Bells dated 1931, but may have been
   cast in 1930 for installation in 1931.

*Technical data:

   Ring of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1931
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Auxiliary mechanisms: L     
   Tower details: 
     Height of ringing room:             5 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   17 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  17 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:   5%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2000

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Index to all tower bell instruments in CT.

   This page was built from the database on 16-Sep-18
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/04/27