CHICAGO - FP : USA - IL

*Location:

   First Presbyterian Church
   64th Street and South Kimbark Avenue
   Chicago, Illinois, USA
   LL: N 41.77859, W 87.59498
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   First Presbyterian Church
   6400 South Kimbark Avenue
   Chicago, IL  60637-3893
   T: (773)363-0505   F: (773)363-0584

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan, original number
   unknown; replacement, installed by
   C.J.Gercken, is "harmonically tuned";
   dead since 1960s.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of 16 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 1941
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   Prior history:
     In 1928, a complete instrument was installed
       with an unknown number of tubular bells made by Deagan      
       (0 tubular bells remain from that work.)
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2003
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.
*Links:

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 IL.
Index to all tower bell instruments in IL.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 11-Jan-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/01/11
   and on technical data last updated on 2003/05/29
*Photos:

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