*Location:

   Elm Park United Methodist Church
   (formerly First Methodist Church)
   Jefferson and Linden Streets
   Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 41.40731, W 75.65982

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Elm Park Methodist Church
   712 Linden Street
   Scranton, PA  18510-2479
   T: (570)342-8263   F: (570)342-4029
   E: office/@/elmparkumchurch.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Church burned in Dec.1892 and Mar.1893,
   but bells survived.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1892
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nC    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The church Website opens with a fuzzy photo of the building, centered on the prominent bell tower.  But there is no information about the history of the building or the congregation.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) 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 23-Jan-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/01/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08