*Location:

   Basilica of St.Francis Xavier
     (was St.Francis Xavier Church)
   Church Street at South 2nd Street
   Vincennes, Indiana, USA
   LL: N 38.67904, W 87.53412

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Francis Xavier Rectory
   205 Church Street
   Vincennes, IN  47591-1133
   T: (812)882-5638   F: (812)882-4042
   E: jschipp@evansville-diocese.org
   - or -
   St.Francis Xavier Parish
   106 South 3rd Street
   Vincinnes, IN  47591
   T: (812)882-5638   F: (812)882-4042
   E: saintfrancisxavier1@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters;
   Angelus

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan, installed by
   C.J.Gercken

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 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 1947
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   Auxiliary mechanisms: Q4A   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2003

The parish Website has no photo of the building and no historical information.

The English Wikipedia article about the building mentions a steeple bell (c.1742) in the upper belfry.  (The National Register nomination form mentions it being brought from France in that year.)

Wikimedia photo of the building, with the old bell visible in upper belfry

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 IN.
Index to all tower bell instruments in IN.

   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