*Location:

   Cathedral of St.John the Baptist (RC)
   Main and Grand Streets
   Paterson, New Jersey, USA
   LL: N 40.91265, W 74.17233

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.John the Baptist Rectory
   381 Grand Street
   Paterson, NJ  07505-2083
   T: 973-345-4070   F: 973-345-7831

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The instrument was enlarged in 1938
     with  1 bells made by Meneely/Wvlt 
   Prior history:
     In 1862, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

Current photos contributed by Rev.Edw.G.Lambro, Artistic Director, Cathedral Concert Series:

• cathedral and tower (70KB)
• tower (excluding spire) (46KB)

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) 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 NJ.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/03/29
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/01/01