North American chime history

[Carl S Zimmerman]

Fellow bell historians,

Important historical material related to the bellfoundry of George L. 
Hanks of Cincinnati has been discovered by a Hanks genealogist who 
has been working with me. That material enables me to make some 
stronger assertions about the very early history of chime 
manufacturing in America. As a result, you can find new and revised 
pages on the GCNA Website as follows:

New index for Hanks/Niles bellfoundry:
http://www.gcna.org/data/IXfoundryHanksNiles.html

New page on genealogy of all of the Hanks bellfounders:
http://www.gcna.org/data/HanksGen.html

Revised page on milestones in American chime history:
http://www.gcna.org/data/MstonesNASM.html

New page about an early list of chimes in America:
http://www.gcna.org/data/EarlyChimeList.html

As usual, I welcome questions and comments about these (or indeed 
any) pages in the /data/ section of the GCNA Website.

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=Carl Scott Zimmerman= Co-Webmaster: http://www.gcna.org/
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Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - 19th c. home of up to 33 bell foundries