St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church

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St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church

The Mary Owen Borden Memorial carillon is located in St. George’s-by-the-River Episcopal Church, 7 Lincoln Avenue, Rumson, New Jersey, US. The carillon was dedicated on October 23, 1934 with a recital given by Dr. T. Tertius Noble and Kamiel Lefevere.

The St. George’s-by-the River Episcopal Church has a traditional carillon of 26 bells. The carillon was installed in 1934 with 25 bells that were cast by the John Taylor Bell Foundry (Loughborough, England, GB). The carillon was enlarged in 2001 by the John Taylor Bell Foundry. Richard Watson of Meeks, Watson, and Company (Cincinnati, Ohio, US) has performed maintenance on the carillon. The pitch of the bourdon (bass) bell is C in the middle octave and it weighs 4,800 pounds. Transposition is nil (concert pitch). Keyboard range is CD/CC. There is one missing bass semitone. The carillon was given in memory of Mary Owen Borden by her husband Bertram Borden

Long-time church member  Dorothy Keyes Haarer died in 1999 and left money to the church which was used to install a 26th bell in 2001, also cast by the John Taylor Company..

References
1933 Mary Owen Borden (23 Oct 1870 - 24 Sep 1933) grave

1934 "Carillon to be Installed at Rumson," The Daily Standard, September 6, 1934, Page 7.

1934 "Contractor Hurt as Huge Bell Falls; Mechanic is Trapped Inside Chime," Asbury Park Press, September 10, 1934, Page 1 | Part 2 |

1934 "Rumson Bells are Dedicated," The Daily Record, October 24, 1934, Page 9.
Carillon recital given by Kamiel Lefevre of New York

1953 Bertram Harold Borden (3 Oct 1868 - 29 Apr 1956) grave

2001 "A Ringing Memorial," Asbury Park Press, May 10, 2001, Page 26.
New Rumson church bell honors member.

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