*Location:

   St.Luke's Episcopal Church
   East Coulter Street
     near Germantown Avenue
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.03400, W 75.17058

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Luke's Church
   5411-21 Germantown Avenue
   Philadelphia, PA  19144-2294
   T: 215-844-8544   F: 215-844-0932
   E: stlukesgermantown@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Original semitone flat 7th; added
   bells are sharp 4th and 3 trebles.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D#A#  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1967
     with  4 bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1892, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
       Keyboard range was:     D#F   /    ----  
       There was one added semitone
   Auxiliary mechanisms: O     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1974

The new church Website mentions "tower bells" in conjunction with the pipe organ, but does not describe them.  There is no church history, and no photo of the building.
The church's old Website has a photo of part of the building on the main page; unfortunately the belfry is largely obscured.  The bells are not mentioned anywhere.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
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 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  9-Feb-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/02/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2024/02/09