*Location:

   Main Hall
   Wells College
   Main Street (NY Route 90)
   Aurora, New York, USA
   LL: N 42.74471, W 76.69811

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   (unknown)

*Schedule:

   Was 1745 daily during school term

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th.  Memorial
   plaques in entryway of Main Hall.
   Tenor no longer swings.
   Renovated and retuned by Meeks & Watson
   in 1994-5; their first retuning of a
   Troy-made chime; transmission replaced
   and stop bar added.
   2024: College closed on June 30,
   and the campus is for sale.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    F A# 4
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s), i.e., from C to C#
   There is one added semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The bells were re-tuned in 1994
     by Meeks,Watson     
   Prior history:
     In 1922, the complete instrument of 10 bells was installed
       with bells made by Meneely/Troy    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 16 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   32 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  (unknown)
     Belfry openness:    %
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

The college Website announces that the college closed effective 30 June 2024, and is "currently in wind-down operations," and the campus is for sale.  Other pages are no longer available, but a photo of the tower can be found on the Wayback Machine.

A real estate page advertising the former campus for sale has two aerial photos that include Main Hall.  A video tour has many more views of the tower.

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).
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 NY.

   This page was built from the database on  1-Aug-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/07/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/08/28