*Location:

   Bells of the Prairie
   South Second Street at Bowen Street
   Elgin, Nebraska, USA
   LL: N 41.97896, W 98.08478

Site locator map

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Mies residence
   408 S 2nd St
   Elgin, NE  68636

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   A collection of more than 150 working
   bells, all iron except for two
   aluminum; assembled from churches,
   schools, etc.

*Technical data:

   Carillon-sized collection of many bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     NONE  /    NONE  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in unknown year
     with bells made by an unknown maker      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2024

AtlasObscura page about this collection, with a gallery of 6 photos

A tourism page has a description plus a gallery of 4 photos.

YouTube video (1:27; 31 Mar 2018), but only about 20 seconds show the actual bells, and the sound track is irrelevant.

Photo of the whole display

Being a collection, this site is not indexed by foundry, size or weight.

Index to all collections of tower bells.

Index to all tower bell instruments in NE.

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/07/27