[Bell Historians] Digest Number 815

[Carl S Zimmerman]

Actually, the clock, the chiming machine and two of the bells all 
carry the name of J.Smith & Sons, Clerkenwell, London, with the clock 
and chiming machine also reading "Clerkenwell Steam Clock Works". It 
is of course possible that Smith subcontracted the casting of the 
bells to someone else. Unfortunately, everything is undated; I have 
assumed installation in the year that the building was constructed 
(1889). Further details and newly-added photos can be found at
http://www.gcna.org/data/CTOGRENB.HTM
Based on Mike Chester's list, this appears to be the third-largest 
English-made hemispherical chime in the world; it is certainly the 
largest of the few known in North America. (Though a 16-bell chime 
of this type was supposedly made by Meneely/Watervliet, that has not 
been traced to a confirmed destination.)

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At 00:26 -0400 2004/07/28, JCONNORS00 at a... wrote:
>There is a set of 15 hemispherical bells (two hammers per bell), as 
>I remember from 10 years ago, located at the Tods Point Boathouse in 
>Greenwich Ct, USA. 1897
>
>The drum was from J. Smith & sons, the clock from Clerkinwell Steam 
>Clock Works, London and the hemispheric without markings.
>
>Any idea who would have made the bells? M&S? Somebody else?
>
>Joe Connors, AllChimes.com, U.S. chime historian
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