*Location:

   First Baptist Church of Midland/Beaver
   (was Trinity Episcopal Church (ACNA))
   4th and Beaver Streets
   Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.69818, W 80.30270

   New York Avenue & Jackson Street
   Rochester, Pennsylvania, USA

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   First Baptist Church of Midland/Beaver
   370 Beaver Street
   Beaver, PA  15009-2260
   T: 724-643-5342
   E: fbcmidlandpa@comcast.net

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Trinity congregation moved from old
   bldg, with bells, in mid-1950s.
   Baptist congregation bought building
   in 2020; status of bells unknown.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by McShane      
   Prior history:
     In 1890, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by McShane     
       Transposition was nil (concert pitch)
       Keyboard range was:     F F   /    NONE  
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1999

The present church Website

The former church Website opened with a picture of the building (mouse over the photo for a color version), but there was no mention of the bells.  Its Facebook presence was last updated in 2019.

A local history page about Trinity Episcopal Church ends with a drawing of the building as of 1976 (or later), identical to the present First Baptist Church there.

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 PA.

   This page was built from the database on 30-Jul-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/07/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/01/25