*Location:

   Mechanics Institute
   Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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*Remarks:

   Cast by George L. Hanks of Cincinnati,
   working with Francis Mayer;
   notes C#,D,E,F#,G,G#,A,A#,B,C,C#;
   all bells swung, and all were playable
   from a keyboard.
   Probably dispersed after exhibition.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C# in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:    C#C#   /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and/or semitones
     is non-standard; see Remarks above.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1850
     with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above            
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nW13  
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1850

More information about this defunct site may be available on the page of North American sites that are no more.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Hanks/Niles bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on  5-Jul-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/01/10
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/01/10