*Location:

   Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS)
   South Market & East Indianapolis Sts.
   Wichita, Kansas, USA
   LL: N 37.67591, W 97.33709

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*Player:

   Sarah Hunt

*Contact:

   Immanuel Lutheran Church
   909 South Market Street
   Wichita, KS  67211-2214
   T: 316-264-0639   F: 316-264-0593
   E: gkhuenergardt@piace.com
      gkhuenergardt@sbcglobal.net

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones: sharp 4th & flat 7th;
   cast metal batons, without any means
   of adjusting transmission; bass swings,
   and can be tolled via a rope to the
   keyboard from lower floor of the tower.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     G B   /    NONE  
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s), i.e., from C to A#
   There are two added semitones
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1939
     with bells made by Gillett & Johnston 
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W1    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2007

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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 KS.

   This page was built from the database on 14-Oct-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/08/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/07/23