YONKERS - IC : USA - NY

*Location:

   Immaculate Conception (St.Mary's)
     Catholic Church
   South Broadway at St.Mary Street
   Yonkers, New York, USA
   LL: N 40.93050, W 73.89824
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Mary's Rectory
   103 South Broadway
   Yonkers, NY  10701-4012
   T: (914)963-0156   F: (914)963-1803
   E: marys103@optonline.net

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Electrified 1940.  Some bells may be
   older, or these may have replaced older
   bells, as the E.Howard tower clock
   (now deactivated) was installed in 1896.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C E   /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1911
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nC    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001
*Links:

Where 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 NY.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  3-Mar-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/02/13
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08
*Photos:

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