Becker Memorial Chimes
*Location:
Emmaus Evang. Lutheran Church (LCMS) 8626 Covington Road Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA LL: N 41.06064, W 85.25664
Broadway at West Creighton Avenue LL: N 41.06401, W 85.15264
*Player:
Barbara Kanning, Bill Schmidt, Mary Barney, and Sherri Lunz
*Contact:
Emmaus Lutheran Church 8626 Covington Road Fort Wayne, IN 46804-6018 T: (260)459-7722 F: (260)459-7766 E: dheeren@emmausfortwayne.org
*Schedule:
None; bells & keyboard in storage, awaiting construction of new tower.
*Remarks:
Added semitones: sharp 4th & flat 7th. Original chimestand and transmission removed decades before 1990s. Original building on Broadway was sold to a school.
*Technical data:
Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 12 bells Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave Transposition is nil (concert pitch) Keyboard range: D#F / NONE There are two added semitones There is no practice console The whole instrument was installed in 1922 with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt Year of latest technical information source is 1992
*Links:
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Index to North American baton-keyboard chimes.
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 IN.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 14-Sep-10 based on textual data last updated on 2010/09/08 and on technical data last updated on 1992/09/07
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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