Cast Bell Tower Instruments in the United States,
Canada and the British Isles
Cradle to Grave - history to date - support - pictures
- chimes, carillons, tubulars, change rings, glockenspeils, special bells.
and incidental info too historically valuable to vanish into unrecorded history.
--- updated thru June 2, 2008 ---
We are the living, breathing, users, caretakers, caregivers, and historians
of these gradually vanishing historical instruments.
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Chimes are generally 8-12 bells, thru 22 bells controlled by one apparatus at one time.
Carillons are 23 bells thru 80+ bells. Close to complete North American list. FYI - Westminster, 4 bells. Angelus, 2-4 bells Rings, Glockenspiels, Tubular chimes and other tower instruments are included when known. CLICK HERE - to continue into the world of CHIMES |
In personal visits to over 250 chime installations, Joe Connors found a chimers need and desire for information about appropriate music, repairs, how they are played, where others exist and what others look like. Some towers must be approached very carefully.
Joe and Andy Mace (a cohort in all of this) are chimers in Troy, NY, home to three of the four major U.S. foundries which made bells and chimes, Andrew Meneely 1826-1951, Eber Jones Troy Bell Foundry 1852-1887 and Clinton Meneely 1871-1951. Gene Burns is a West Troy historian (former neighbor of the Andrew Meneely family).
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Contact Information - Who, telephones and e-mail
- Joe Connors, 928 3rd Ave. Troy, NY 12182 518-221-6121 use voice mail if no answer.
- e-mail ALLCHIMES@aol.com
- Andy Mace, East Nassau, NY 12062 Herald948 @ aol.com
Eugene P. Burns, 72 7th Ave. Troy, NY 12180 518-235-6699 EPBBellman @ aol.com