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AllChimes.org The
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Credit - is due many people - from Andy to Zimmerman Eugene Burns - A fellow parishoner at St. Patrick's in Troy who was a neighbor of the Andrew Meneely family in Watervliet(West Troy). When the foundry closed in 1952, he was able to get postcards returned from the western territories before they became states. He has quite a collection of them. He has given many talks on the West Troy bells and located at least one in every state. 518-235-6969 EPBBellman@aol.com Comp USA - for offering the courses needed for this PC computer illiterate to produce this web site along with the ongoing training to make it better in the future. Joe Connors, Sr. - my father, who played the bells 50 years ago while I watched. He sowed the seed that chance meetings with Gene Burns at St. Patrick's and Ed Kehn turned into a realization of a history needing recording. Joe Connors, Jr. - the author of this web site. Ed Kehn - a long time 3rd generation Kehn employee of the Clinton Meneely Foundry (later Kehn Bell Service) who passed away in 1999 at age 99. We spent time together and made several hours of video talking about chimes. Ed left his records to me and most of them will end up at the Hudson Mohawk Gateway in Troy, NY. 274-5267. carroll@rpi.edu Father Tom Kelly - who wouldn't let me touch the St. Patrick's chimes at first because he didn't know me, until many masses, collections and church videotapes later. Now enjoys the many Irish tunes easily played on the chimes. He suffers silently thru classical, popular tunes and mistakes I make all too often. Lisa Lonie - excellent carillonneur from Philadelphia who gave me encouragement and good advice from the beginning. Andy Mace - Chimer at St. John's Episcopal Church in Troy, a generation younger than me who lived across the country road and is very knowlegeable and continuously helpful on chimes and web design. Herald948@aol.com George Matthew, Jr. - world class carillonneur, organist and friend. George is willing to push the bar ever forward. His world-wide experience is the reason I hope to visit chimes in Ireland in 2003. 802-247-9873 Carl Scott Zimmerman - statistics magician, spelling expert and digger for correct historical information for the Guild of Carillonneurs of North America. Although somewhat competitive in nature, we share our info to make our records accurate on both websites, his being far more sophisticated. csz_stl@swbell.com Others - knowingly or unknowingly, Doug Gefvert, Margo Halsted, Ken Neil, Frank della Penna, Bruce Schultz, Bob Verdin and more. |
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