*Location:

   Chime tower
   "Pine Lodge" (Edward F. Searles estate)
   Methuen, Massachusetts, USA

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*Remarks:

   Tower tubes, maker unknown, but
   tentatively ascribed to U.S.Tubular;
   taken down in World War II, and
   subsequently scrapped or lost.
   Origihally located in wooden water
   tower which stands near Searles'
   mansion, later in stone tower near
   Searles Chapel.  Empty 15-note rack
   survives in belfry, with 8-note
   chiming machine below.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 15 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with tubular bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above 
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nQ4HM8
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

This site and its history are also described here.

The FindAGrave memorial page for Edward F. Searles includes his biography.

A Methuen Website presents a much more extensive view of Searles' life and work, focused on the Methuen properties, in three parts:  Part I, His early life & marriage;  Part II, Searles goes on a building boom;  Part III, Searles properties today

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the miscellaneous tubular chime makers.

   This page was built from the database on 18-Aug-26
   based on textual data last updated on 2026/08/16
   and on technical data last updated on 2026/08/16