SAINT JOHNS : USA - MI

*Location:

   Redeemer Church - St.Johns Campus
   (was First United Methodist Church)
   East State & Linden Streets
   Saint Johns, Michigan, USA
   LL: N 43.00121, W 84.55735
Site locator map

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   First Methodist Church
   200 East State Street
   Saint Johns, MI  48879-1552
   T: (989)224-6859
   E: marie/@/dewittredeemer DOTorg

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Donated by Mrs.Ida Hicks Ramsey Bishop.
   Added semitones sharp 4th, flat 7th;
   tenor swings.
   Redeemer Church of DeWitt adopted First
   UMC in July 2018.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1916
     with bells made by McShane     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: W1    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992
*Links:

The church Website has no history and no photo of the building.

The denomination's page for this church has a small photo of it and recounts the origin of the present name.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane 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 MI.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Jan-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/01/29
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/08/15
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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