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Hopedale, MA

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The Church Bells

At a meeting of the Parish, June 5, 1904, our Minister, Rev. Lewis G. Wilson, urged the desirability of a chime of bells in the church tower. On June 5, 1909, just five years from the first meeting, the chime committee reported the required amount to have been raised and the Parish voted to purchase a chime of bells. They were installed and dedicated in 1910 and were restored  in 2010.

The bells are eleven in number, the largest, or tenor bell, being in the key of E. The list includes bells representing the following notes:  E  F#  G#  A  A#  B  C#  D  D#  E  F#

All are carefully tuned to harmonize with each other  and the chime is placed in a framework designed especially to fit the bell tower, with the bells located so as to give the best effect when played. The total new weight of the bells is about 9200 pounds, and with the frame work and mountings about 13,000 pounds.