JAMAICA : USA - NY

*Location:

   Grace Episcopal Church
   Jamaica Avenue,
     between 153rd St and Parsons Blvd
   Jamaica, Long Island, New York, USA
   LL: N 40.70343, W 73.80105
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Grace Episcopal Church
   155-15 Jamaica Avenue
   Jamaica, NY  11432
   T: (718)291-4901
   E: admin@historicgrace.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tubular bells by U.S.Tubular Bell Co.,
   given in memory of Miss Cornelia King
   by her sisters and brothers;

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  8 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1897
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1897
*Links:

A contemporary newspaper article recorded the gift of these bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of its maker.

Ranking among all tower tube instruments by size (number of notes).

Index to all tower tube instruments in NY.
Index to all tower bell instruments in NY.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Jan-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2021/12/21
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/12/21
*Photos:

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