HOT SPRINGS : USA - AR

*Location:

   St.Luke's Episcopal Church
   Spring Street at Opera Street
   Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
   LL: N 34.51065, W 93.05203
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*Player:

   Charles A. Rigsby, organist
   T: 479-409-5679
   E: cr273@aol.com

*Contact:

   St.Luke's Episcopal Church
   228 Spring Street
   Hot Springs, AR  71901
   T: 501-623-1653
   E: Webform @ stlukeshs.org
      jmitchell/@/stlukeshs DOTorg

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Omits C#,D#,G# in first octave; inde-
   pendent keyboard near organ console;
   first four basses swing

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 18 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range: (G) C G   /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 2001
     with bells made by Paccard      
   Auxiliary mechanisms: EW4   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023
*Links:

The church Website is extensive, but has no history, no photo of the building, and no mention of these bells.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in AR.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  4-Apr-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/04/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/04/03
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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