St. Matthews - San Mateo, California
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member hotshoe
N 37° 33.940 W 122° 19.635
10S E 559412 N 4157839
Fifteen-bell tower at historic church
Waymark Code: WM65RP
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member scrambler390
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This tower does not have enough bells to qualify as a carillon, but is properly called a chime.

From the Guild of Carillonneurs' website:

"Electric-keyboard chime of 15 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is A# in the middle octave
The whole instrument was installed in 1964
with bells made by Taylor "

(visit link)

Address of Tower:
1 South El Camino Real
San Mateo, CA USA
94402

Still Operational: yes

Number of bells in tower?: 15

Relevant website?: [Web Link]

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Tours or visits allowed in tower?: No
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