*Location:

   Wesley United Methodist Church
     (was Windsor Street Methodist Church)
   North Front & West Windsor Streets
   Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.34926, W 75.93543

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Wesley United Methodist Church
   101 West Windsor Street
   Reading, PA  19601-2032
   T: (610)376-3419
   E: wesley101@enter.net

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Donated by Mr.E.S.Knouse;
   added semitone is flat 7th.
   Original installation was playable from
   the organ as well as chimestand.
   Re-electrified in 1957.
   2022: Church closed; building now
   occupied by Islamic Society of Berks
   County, founded in 2010.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    ----  
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1923
     with bells made by McShane     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nOC   
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The church Website has no history, no photo of the building, and no mention of these bells.

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-Jan-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/01/29
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/08/15