COVINGTON : USA - VA

*Location:

   Emmanuel Episcopal Church
   West Locust Street & North Maple Avenue
   Covington, Virginia, USA
   LL: N 37.79018, W 79.99616
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*Player:

   Dawn Wilson, organist

*Contact:

   Emmanuel Episcopal Church
   138 North Maple Avenue
   Covington, VA  24426
   T: (540)965-5626
   E: emmanuelcov@gmail.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan,
   donated by Mr. George L. Miller,
   installed by F.B.Little; original
   2-octave (C-C) keyboard by organ console;
   diatonic in F plus leading tone (E),
   sharp 4th (B), flat 7th (Eb).

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 12 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     E G   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1925
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008
*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the facade and tower on the home page.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the J.C.Deagan Company.

Ranking among all tower tube instruments by size (number of notes).

Index to all tower tube instruments in VA.
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*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Nov-14
   based on textual data last updated on 2014/11/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/11/12
*Photos:

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