"The Bells of St. James"
Chimes & Clock Links
Maps
Locator Map For Chimes In Ontario - Courtesy of Carl Zimmerman of the GCNA
Chimes
Arlington Street Church Chime - 16 bells, Henry Hooper & Co., Boston, Massachusetts
Bacheller Memorial Chimes - St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
Bells of Asbury - Meneely & Co. 11 bell chime at Asbury Methodist, Lawsonia, Maryland
Bells of Shandon - Eight bell chime at St. Anne's Shandon Church, Cork, Ireland
Carswell Memorial Chime - St. Georges' Anglican Church, Oshawa, Ontario
Channing Memorial Church - Nine bell Wm. Blake & Co. chime being expanded to 10 bells
Church of The Assumption Chime - Buffalo, N.Y. (thru The Waybackmachine.org)
Cornell Chimes - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
First Unitarian Society Church - West Newton, MA; 11 bell chime & tower clock
Grace Church Chime - 16 Bell Henry Hooper & Co., 1861, Providence, Rhode Island
Hartupee-Irwin Chime - 15 Bells at First United Methodist in San Diego
Hopedale Unitarian Church Chime - Hopedale, Massachusetts
James Carter Memorial Chime - Cathedral Church of St. James, Chicago, Illinois
Kenyon College Pealers - (Gambier Chimes) Church of the Holy Spirit, Gambier, Ohio
Kerrytown Chime - Kerrytown Market, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Manchester College - 10 bell chime, North Manchester, Indiana
Meredith Memorial Bells - St. Paul's, London, Ontario (thru The Waybackmachine.org)
Milner Memorial Chimes - 10 bell Meneely Bell Co. chime in Westerly, Rhode Island
Minneapolis City Hall - 15 bell Meneely Bell Co. Chime
Morrison Chime - Church of St. John the Baptist Norway, Toronto, Ontario
St. John's Church - 16 bell Deagan tubular bell chime in Orwigsburg, PA
St. Mark's Chimes - Episcopal Parish of St. Mark & St. John, Jim Thorpe, PA
St. Mark's Anglican - Niagara On The Lake - 18 bells; Meneely and Meeks, Watson
St. Patrick's Cathedral - A history page on the 19 bell chime at St. Pat's, New York
St. Paul's Cathedral - 14 bell Meneely & Co. Chime, Buffalo, N.Y.
St. Paul's Anglican - Thunder Bay, Ontario; 10 bells, Meneely & Co.
St. Peter's Anglican - 11 Bell Meneely & Co. Chime, 1905, Cobourg, Ontario
St. Timothy's Church - 12 bell Meneely & Co. Chime, 1897, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Memorial Chime - Altgeld Hall Tower, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Thompson Chapel Bells - 10 bell Meneely Bell Co., 1904 at Williams College in MA
University
of Texas - 17 bell chime (now a carillon); links to U of T belltower
articles
Video & Slide Shows Online
The Bells of St. James - Online Chimes Festival Slide Show, June 2009
Cornell Chimes Gretchen Ryan Concert - Jennie McGraw Tower, Jan. 11/07
Central Presbyterian - Cambridge, Ontario May 11/09; 10 Bell McShane Chime
Channing Memorial - Chime being removed by crane from tower for restoration
Christ Church Anglican - Petrolia, Ontario; 11 Bell Meneely & Co., 1909
Christ Church Anglican - Christmas Greetings on the Chime December 2008
Cornell Alma Mater - played by Cornell Chimesmaster Scott Silverstein
Cornell Chimes - The Muppet Show Theme on YouTube
Cornell Chimes - The Beatles: "In My Life"
Kerrytown Chime - Kerrytown Market, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Minneapolis City Hall - Jimmy Jim Lileks: "For Whom The Bell Tolls"
Minneapolis City Hall - Michael Jackson tribute on 15 bells, June 2009
St. John's Darlinghurst - Tubular 13 bell chime played by Laurie Alexander
Suonata
a tastiera - Desio - Eight bell chime (Italy?) played with gusto!
News Articles
Harvard University - "Commencement Bells Have Appeal", June 6, 2002
Central Presbyterian - "He Revels In Heavy Metal" Cambridge, Ontario May 11/09
Cornell Chimes - Recital of 22 Chimes Compositions by Richard Lee June 14, 2006
Cornell Chimes - Chimes Music - The Cornell Daily Sun, April 30, 2008
Kenyon College Pealers - "Hidden Kenyon-The Appeal of the Chime" April 30, 2009
Meneely Foundry In West Troy - Troy United Newsletter, 1998
Minneapolis City Hall - News articles from 1896 about the new 10 Bell Chime
Minneapolis City Hall - Spring 2005 News from City Hall Carillon Committee
Minneapolis City Hall - Details of 15 Bell Chime, with online "Play A Chime" keyboard!
Minneapolis City Hall - Chimers play Michael Jackson Tribute, June 2009
"In Newton, A Chance To Chime In" - August 9, 2007 article in The Boston Globe
St. James', Stratford - Allchimes' photos of visit to Bells of St. James, 2003
St. James', Stratford - "St. James' Goes Heavy Metal" Chimes Festival, June 18/09
St. James', Stratford - "St. James' Chimes Charm" Chimes Festival, June 22/09
St. Patrick's, San Francisco - "Steve Repasky Hits The Right Notes", April 2004
U. of Illinois - Sue Wood, the Incognito Chimesmaster, News-Gazette Sept. 9, 2007
Verdin
Bells - Article on Verdin Co. in "American Profile" December 9, 2007
Poetry
"St.
George's Chimes" - by john k zimmerman
about St. George's, Oshawa, Ontario
Bell Organizations & Lists of Chimes
Chimes in North America - GCNA list of chimes
The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America
Tower Bell Chimers - ALLCHIMES Website, hosted by Joe Connor
Tower
Bells Supersite - hosted by Carl Zimmerman
Technical Stuff
The Verdin Co. - Bell & Chime Restoration, Cincinnati, Ohio
Meeks, Watson & Co. - Bell Foundry & Chime Restoration in Georgetown, Ohio
Bell Weights - weight/diameter charts & explanatory notes from the GCNA website
Top Rung Tower Chime - restorers and renovators of Deagan Tubular Bell Chimes
The
Sound of Bells - exploring principles of bell tuning & analyzing
their sounds
Tower Clocks
E.Howard #4 Striking Tower Clock - located at 346 Broadway in New York
On Setting Tower Clocks - Synchronizing Multiple Clock Faces, by John C. Losch
Old Toronto City Hall - 1899 Gillett & Johnston Tower Clock and Bells
Tower Clocks Gallery - The National Watch & Clock Museum
Tower Clock Weight Drives - in-depth manual for maintenance of gravity weight drives
Umatilla County Historic Clock Tower - Pendleton, Oregon - #17 Seth Thomas clock
University at Buffalo's Bells - tower clock & bells article from 2003
University at Buffalo - "When Will The Bells Toll Again" article, 2003