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Chime concerts in West Newton, MAFive Cornell alumni chimesmasters now living in the Boston area have participated in three one hour chime concerts this summer at the First Unitarian Society in West Newton, MA (FUSN). 7:00 pm ... Wednesday, June 16....Tuesday, July 27.... Tuesday, August 24 They were joined by other players from FUSN. These should have been exciting. It will be nice for us 'normal' chimers to see how these unique chimers have transitioned to the outside world of chimes
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1. The ALLCHIMES list of 8 or more cast bell Chimes and Carillons in North America -
... by State or Foundry.
... Other Data Bases of Bell Interest.
... A ton of internet things that might interest you.
... Every bell or foundry data base in the world that we have found is out there.
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2. Check below so that your phone call gets us to the info you want fairly quickly.
We average several inquiries a week, so this head start realistically becomes important.
And write down every piece of inscription as reasonably possible off the bell and the frame before calling.
All Meneely & Kimberly, +Meneely bells of Troy, NY. are accessed from the 'take a look' button above.
West Troy and Watervliet, NY Meneely foundries are lost. Most other foundry records are sparse or lost.
Support - weight-tone-diameter cross reference chart, general info,
climbing a tower, tower clocks, tower organizations, and appropriate music if a chime of 8 or more bells.
Foundry Catalogs - availability of copies will be made soon.
Clean a bell - drastically different for brass and iron bells.
Maintenance - within your organization.
Vendors - professional repairs and maintenance - your choice to use whoever you choose.
Who makes new bells - in U.S. and overseas.
Repairs - no big deal to discuss the problem.
Researching, Buying or Selling a bell - things to consider
Remove from tower - things to consider - to be added
Exhibiting - things to consider - to be added
Closing a building with a chime? - Many things that you would never think of.
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3. Chimestands and other ways we play the bells.
Don't skip these primers.
... Sometimes have to back arrow and click a 2nd time. Computers...
Playing them - a pictorial - how they are actually
played.
Pictures - a peek at devices that make an instrument
play - dialup takes 5-60 secs to load)
Manual chime - Explained.
Electrified chimes - Explained.
Chimolas - small hemispheric chimes - locations
ExceptionsLocations of the few 4-7 bell
installations that exist - including a manual Westminster.
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4. Tower Bell people are fun people who like to
show off a little.
... Send in a 4x6 picture and we will put it on our site.
... Have seen 49BELL, CARILLON and others.
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Why AllChimes, its development, expansion, closing a chime.
The evolution of AllChimes - - - filling the enormous vacuum of chime and tower bell
info available.
2006/2007 letter from founder.- - - make
sure to read this - food for thought and your pocketbook.
Possible additions to this site .- need your ideas and maybe
your expertise.
Demise is inevitable.- how to continue this site - this
is YOUR site, remember?
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7. Chimer trips, crawls, get togethers, events.
..XX. There is a chime crawl and event every year or
two in Canada.
...The comraderie of chimers from Canada and the
U.S. is first class..
The Canadians are tops as chime caretakers and host great events every time.
A 2010 event at Coburg, Ontario, June 11, 12, 13.
Info
- Coburg events will be posted when available.
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8. FAQ'S - Frequently asked questions
Other - remaining information and things to come ............Wish list - what we might like to add - need your expertise here
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9. Local Bell and Chime projects
Shen - Shenendehoa School Bell Project - w/pictures.SLHS - Town of Sand Lake, NY Bell Inventory w/pictures
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| Note - AllChimes expanded beyond chimes only. The GCNA expanded beyond Carillons only.
Both have gathered and shared information since 1993. It is digested and presented as each sees fit. Very
friendly competition has pushed us all to keep verifying and digging up more accurate
information. Allchimes presents ALL information either grouped by Foundry/state/city or
State/city/who with with reference to their progress thru time. You will see e-mail addresses, notes as 'FIRE, 4SALE, MOVED, GONE, SOLD, UNUSE, etc., showing cradle to grave references when known. The GCNA narrows its selection process by working, defunct and other categories. |
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