DANVILLE : USA - VA

*Location:

   Southside Center for Preservation and
     History (was Main St U Methodist Ch)
   767 Main Street,
     north of Jefferson Avenue
   Danville, Virginia, USA
   LL: N 36.58476, W 79.39635

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Danville Preservation League
   PO Box 1312
   Danville, VA  24543-1312

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1909
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

*Links:

A historical society page has a picture and description of the building.  Another page from there has a different picture and description.

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 VA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jan-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/26
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/01/01

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