NASHVILLE - STG : USA - TN

*Location:

   St.George's Episcopal Church
   Harding Road (U.S.Hwy.70)
      at Belle Meade Boulevard
   Nashville, Tennessee, USA
   LL: N 36.11958, W 86.85380

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*Player:

   Dr.M.F.Somerville, Music Director
   E: murray.somerville /@/
      stgeorgesnashville DOTorg

*Contact:

   St.George's Church
   4715 Harding Road
   Nashville, TN  37205-2896
   T: (615)385-2150   F: (615)385-0155
   E: info /@/ stgeorgesnashville DOTorg

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters,
   with hour strike at the 5th.

*Remarks:

   Electric keyboards in narthex (fixed)
   and near organ console (dismounted);
   only the latter has controls for the
   tune player.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 198_
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

*Links:

The church Website pictures the top of the spire, but it's not clear whether that's where the bells are because there is no information about them.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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 TN.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/06/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/06/30

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