*Location:

   Trinity Lutheran Seminary (ELCA)
   (associated with Capital University)
   East Main Street at College Avenue
   Bexley,
     Columbus, Ohio, USA
   LL: N 39.95673, W 82.94044

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Trinity Lutheran Seminary
   2199 East Main Street
   Bexley, OH  43209-2334
   T: 614-235-4136
   E: communications@tlsohio.edu

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters,
   0900-1800, hour strike at the fifth.

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan; donated by
   Mary C. Schenk (possibly thru Capital
   University) in memory of Mary Charlotte
   Schenk and Charles Frederick Schenk;
   installed by C.J.Gercken;
   added semitones are leading tone,
   sharp 4th & flat 7th (Deagan std.).
   Restored by local effort in 2022-23,
   with new power supply from ChimeMaster.
   Deagan tabletop keyboard in chapel.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 12 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is down 2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     E G   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1926
     with tubular bells made by Deagan 
   Auxiliary mechanisms: Q4H   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The seminary Website

News article (27 Nov 2023) on restoration; with photos of donation plaque and several parts of the mechanism.  (Photo are not clickable, but most will show a larger version when opened in a browser.)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the J.C.Deagan Company.

Ranking among all tower tube instruments by size (number of notes).

Index to all tower tube instruments in OH.
Index to all tower bell instruments in OH.

   This page was built from the database on  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/02/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/02/07