Florence M. Overholt Memorial Chimes
*Location:
First Regular Baptist Church (ABC) North Chestnut Street & Loucks Avenue Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA LL: N 40.10406, W 79.58816
*Contact:
First Regular Baptist Church (ABC) Chestnut Street & Loucks Avenue Scottdale, PA 15683 T: (724)887-8450 or -5835 - or - Rev. James P. Cordell PO Box 74
*Schedule:
(none - unplayable)
*Remarks:
Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th; double-action chimestand, though the secondary cables and clappers were removed many years ago; secondary clappers remain in tower, and shift mechanism is fully functional.
*Technical data:
Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is E in the middle octave
Transposition is up 4 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: C D / NONE
There are two added semitones
The whole instrument was installed in 1907
with bells made by Vanduzen
Year of latest technical information source is 2006
*Links:
About Vanduzen's double-action chimes
Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Vanduzen 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.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 31-Oct-06 based on textual data last updated on 2006/10/30 and on technical data last updated on 2006/02/06
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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