BLOOMINGTON : USA - IL

*Location:

   St.Patrick's Catholic Church
   West Locust Street (US.Hwy.150)
     at North Western Avenue
   Bloomington, Illinois, USA
   LL: N 40.4843, W 89.0083

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   St.Patrick's Catholic Church
   1209 West Locust Street
   Bloomington, IL  61701
   T: (309)829-1355   F: (309)828-0577
   Web: www.historicsaintpatricks.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Latest technical data source: 1895.
   Some bells may have been removed,
   but restoration is intended.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1895
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 19**

*Links:

The church Website does not mention these bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in IL.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/05/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2009/05/23

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