*Location:

   Biola University
   (formerly Bible Institute of L.A.)
   Sutherland Way
   between Biola Avenue and La Mirada
     Boulevard, north of Rosecrans Avenue
   La Mirada, California, USA
   LL: N 33.90639, W 118.01571

   rooftop
   Bible Institute
   Los Angeles, California, USA

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*Contact:

   Biola University
   13800 Biola Avenue
   La Mirada, CA  90639
   T: 310-903-6000

*Schedule:

   1200 & 1700 daily, plus 0923 M-F;
   presumably Cambridge (Westminster)
   quarter tune, hour strike at the fifth.

*Remarks:

   Added semitones flat 7th & sharp 4th.
   Original tech info 1915.
   Originally listed as LOS ANGELES - BI.
   5 bells now installed as clock chime
   in central plaza of new campus; other
   6 may have been sold.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of  5 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   Bells were removed (as described in Remarks above) in 1986
   Prior history:
     In 1915, the complete instrument of 11 bells was installed
       with bells made by Meneely/Troy    
       (5 bells remain from that work.)
       Pitch of heaviest bell was D  in the middle octave
       There were two added semitones
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1986

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.

Index to all tower bell instruments in CA.

   This page was built from the database on  1-Aug-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/07/31
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/07/20