HUNTINGTON : USA - IN

*Location:

   Trinity United Methodist Church
   (originally First M.E. Church)
   East Market and Guilford Streets
   Huntington, Indiana, USA
   LL: N 40.88301, W 85.49321

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*Player:

   Alice Stickler
   E: astickler4dw@sbcglobal.net

*Contact:

   Trinity Methodist Church
   530 Guilford Street
   Huntington, IN  46750-2708
   T: (260)356-4171, -0961
   E: office@htrinity.comcastbiz.net

*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Original contract was for 8 bells;
   3 more added before installation in what
   is now the lower belfry; upper belfry
   added and bells relocated when donor
   could not hear them from home.
   Added semitones sharp 4th, flat 7th.
   Tenor formerly swung.  Electrified in
   1960s; re-electrified in 1990s,
   probably by Verdin; chimestand remains
   in tower, but transmission is gone.
   Church renamed upon merger which formed
   the United Methodist Church.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1915
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 2010

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Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) 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 IN.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 29-Aug-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/08/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2010/08/28

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