I met Joe a few years ago in Troy, he was a wonderful man.
Here is a video of him showing us how to play the chimes in the belltower.
He let us play them at odd hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGMJ90wmXN4

, > Joseph L. Connors, 77, town of Northampton, Fulton County, passed away
> suddenly but peacefully Thursday, November 21, 2013.
>
> Although Joe was a computer programmer, working lastly for Noteworthy
> Company, in Amsterdam, his greatest passion was for tower bells, most
> of which were made in the foundries of Troy and West Troy. He was a
> self-proclaimed "accidental chime historian." He was the chimer at
> St.Patrick's in Troy until the last Mass was said in 2010. His passion
> was not just the research and ringing of bells, but he worked hard at
> restoring bells and their systems so they could be rung manually. In
> 2012, he did extensive work to restore the bells at The Cathedral of
> the Immaculate Conception, in Albany, that had not been rung for 50
> years. They have been played for many occasions since.
>
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> Bob Sullivan
> Schenectady Digital History Archive
> <http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
> Schenectady County (NY) Public Library
>