Slover Chimes

*Location:

   Anderson County Courthouse
   North Main Street (US-25W)
     at West Broad Street
   Clinton, Tennessee, USA
   LL: N 36.10044, W 84.13377

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*Contact:

   Mayor's Office
   Anderson County Courthouse
   100 North Main Street
   Clinton, TN  37716-3615
   T: (865)457-5400 x242
   F: (865)457-1169
   E: miwanski@andersontn.org

*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Given by Samuel L Slover in memory of
   his father.  Open frame near center of
   large flat roof is invisible from the
   ground except from uphill to the north.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1937
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Auxiliary mechanisms: QH    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  * meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   20 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  22 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  99%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2017

The Anderson County Website does not mention the chime, except for the Special Purpose Fund which collects donations to fund its repair and maintenance.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) 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 TN.

   This page was built from the database on 25-Jun-18
   based on textual data last updated on 2018/06/25
   and on technical data last updated on 2018/06/25