*Location:

   First Evangelical Lutheran Church
   Main Street at Pitt Street
   Leechburg, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.62642, W 79.60166

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   First Lutheran Church
   358 Main Street
   Leechburg, PA  15656-1356
   T: 412-845-7518
   E: info@ServingGodGracefully.org

*Schedule:

   (silent since lightning strike
   in Oct.2022)

*Remarks:

   Original added semitone was flat 7th.
   Electrified in 1947, with independent
   keyboard near organ console.
   New controls by Verdin in 1999.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 28 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1989
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1987, the instrument was enlarged to 26 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
     In 1986, the instrument was enlarged to 21 bells
       by Petit & Fritsen
     In 1910, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
       Transposition was nil (concert pitch)
       Keyboard range was:     F G   /    ----  
       There was one added semitone
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S1    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

The church Website has good pictures of the building and tower (use "The Round Church" link at the top of the home page).  But it says nothing about the bells beyond linking back to the page you are now reading.
There a page about a project to restore this electrified carillon to operation.  A photo shows five of the P&F bells in their present configuration.

News article (23 Mar 2024) on restoration of the lightning-damaged controls; with a gallery of 3 photos, including one of the building and one taken in the belfry, showing that the bells of the original chime still hang on their original frame, with newer bells above.  All electric strikers are external, and the internal clappers of the original bells are disconnected.

News article (22 Apr 2023) reports that bells have been silent since Oct.2022 because the control box no longer works, probably as the result of a lightning strike.  With a gallery of six photos of bells, church, etc.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in PA.

   This page was built from the database on  4-Nov-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/06/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/06/07