*Location:

   St.Paul AME Church
     (was Chestnut Avenue Methodist Church)
   Chestnut Avenue & 25th Street
   Newport News, Virginia, USA
   LL: N 36.98743, W 76.40632

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Paul AME Church
   2500 Chestnut Avenue
   Newport News, VA  23607
   T: (757)245-6181

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan; donated by
   Mr.L.U.Noland, Noland Co. (who also
   donated HOT SPRINGS, USA - VA);
   installed by C.J.Gercken

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 16 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1949
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2003

A high school memory page has photos of the building, showing that the chime remains in the tower.

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.
Index to all tower bell instruments in VA.

   This page was built from the database on 30-Nov-14
   based on textual data last updated on 2014/11/26
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/04/09