*Location:

   St.Ignatius Catholic Church
   West Loyola Avenue at Glenwood Avenue
   Chicago, Illinois, USA
   LL: N 42.00153, W 87.66459

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Ignatius Catholic Church
   6559 North Glenwood Avenue
   Chicago, IL  60626-5121
   T: (773)764-5936   F: (773)764-4630
   E: music@stignatiuschurch.org

*Schedule:

   Played "live" each Sunday

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan; the original
   set was the earliest known from Deagan.
   Second phase installed by C.J.Gercken.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized instrument or collection of 25 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1938
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   Prior history:
     In 1917, a complete instrument of 15 tubular bells was installed
       with 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.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the J.C.Deagan Company.
Where the final phase of 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.

   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 2004/03/21