*Location:

   Church of the Cross
   (was Horizon Ev. Friends Ch,
     or Pilgrims UCC)
   Daniels Parkway at Freshman Lane
   Fort Myers, Florida, USA
   LL: N 26.54613, W 81.82167

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Church of the Cross
   13500 Freshman Lane
   Fort Myers, FL  33912-1808
   T: 239-768-2188   F: 239-768-2120
   E: churchofthecross@comcast.net
      contact/@/welcometothecross DOTcom

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Horizon Community Church began in early
   1980s; merged with Horizon Ev.
   Friends Church and Pilgrims UCC,
   forming Ch of the Cross in 2003.
   Unclear which was original owner of
   these bells.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the itty-bitty octave
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    ----  
   Transposition is up two octaves
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1987
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen    
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  0 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:    4 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:   5 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  95%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2025

The former church domain was lost between 2014 and 2018; an archived version of the home page (from 2008) has a small photo of the bell tower, clickable for a larger version.
The current Website has a clickable photo of the tower on the About page.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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 FL.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Oct-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/08/29
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/04/09