TULSA - HF : USA - OK

*Location:

   Holy Family Cathedral
     (was Holy Family Catholic Church)
   South Boulder Avenue at West 8th St.
   Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
   LL: N 36.14763, W 95.99030
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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Holy Family Cathedral
   *parcel:
     122 West 8th Street
     Tulsa, OK  74119
   *postal:
     PO Box 3204
     Tulsa, OK  74101-3204
   T: (918)582-6247   F: (918)599-8334
   E: TulsaCathedral@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan; also a cast
   steel conventional bell from 1910.
   E.Howard tower clock modified, and 
   steel bell rehung, by Verdin in 2010.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 18 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1924
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1960
*Links:

The contact page of the Cathedral parish Website has a photo of the front of the building, both towers of which are empty.  The chime is in the larger central tower, which is not visible.
The banner of a cathedral renovation photo-blog shows part of the central tower.
Blog photo page about the spire & clock
Blog photo page about rehanging of the bell; includes photo of Deagan chime; all photos clickable for larger versions.

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 OK.
Index to all tower bell instruments in OK.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Nov-14
   based on textual data last updated on 2014/11/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/09/08
*Photos:

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