*Location:

   Chapel of the Chimes (funeral home)
   Piedmont Avenue at Ramona Avenue
   Oakland, California, USA
   LL: N 37.83165, W 122.24607

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Chapel of the Chimes
   4499 Piedmont Avenue
   Oakland, CA  94611-4218
   T: 510-379-5200
   E: Webform @
        oakland.chapelofthechimes.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan, in rack for 16;
   date estimated from building history;
   disused for many years.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 12 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1929
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004

The Website of this cemetery and mortuary says nothing about the chime that gave it its name, though there is an empty belfry where one might have been located once upon a time.

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).

Index to all tower tube instruments in CA.
Index to all tower bell instruments in CA.

   This page was built from the database on 18-May-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/04/29
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/03/21