LOS ANGELES - WBC : USA - CA

*Location:

   Wilshire Christian Church (DoC)
     (was Wilshire Blvd Christian Church)
   Wilshire Boulevard
     at South Normandie Avenue
   Los Angeles, California, USA
   LL: N 34.06197, W 118.29980
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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Wilshire Christian Church
   634 South Normandie Avenue
   Los Angeles, CA  90005-2696
   T: (213)382-6337   F: (213)382-8668

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan, installed when
   this building was constructed by
   Wilshire Boulevard Christian Church.
   Present congregation formed by 1940
   merger of Wilshire Blvd Christian
   (organized 1910), First Christian of
   Los Angeles (organized 1874), and
   Magnolia Avenue Christian (org.1904).
   Note range assumed from Deagan's
   general advertising material.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 20 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D A   /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1927
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2003
*Links:

The church's new Website is mostly blank on older Web browsers.  There is a photo of the building and tower on the home page.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the J.C.Deagan Company.

Ranking among all tower tube instruments by size (number of notes).

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*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 19-Aug-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/08/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2003/05/29
*Photos:

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