*Location:

   First United Methodist Church
   19th & Nebraska Streets
   Sioux City, Iowa, USA
   LL: N 42.51025, W 96.40390

Site locator map

*Player:

   Gene Wagner, Music Director
   E: musicacademy.first@gmail.com

   1925-?? Ed Baxter

*Contact:

   First Methodist Church
   1915 Nebraska Street
   Sioux City, IA  51104-3499
   T: 712-258-0119   F: 712-258-3639
   E: screvrog@msn.com
      scfirst@msn.com

*Schedule:

   For special occasions

*Remarks:

   Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bender;
   added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th;
   tenor formerly swung.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     E F#  /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1916
     with bells made by McShane     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nW1   
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                 10 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   16 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  19 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  40%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

The church Website has a drone photo of the building and a video of the July 4th concert on the chime.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane bellfoundry.

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 IA.

   This page was built from the database on 31-Jul-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/07/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/07/25