*Location:

   Thrasher Memorial
     United Methodist Church
   East Washington Avenue at Pine Street
   Vinton, Virginia, USA
   LL: N 37.2794, W 79.8916

Site locator map  or 
Also see our own Map Use Hints.

*Player:

   Brandon Mock, Organist and Assistant
     Director of Music Ministries
   E: bmock/@/ thrasherumc DOTorg

*Contact:

   Thrasher United Methodist Church
   707 East Washington Avenue
   Vinton, VA  24179
   T: (540)344-4708

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Uncertain which building & tower
   holds these bells.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) carillon of 24 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 2002
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2013

The church Website opens with a photo of the steeple of the main building, which may be the location of these bells.  (Alternatively, they could be in the belfry of the adjacent building to the west.)  But they are not mentioned anywhere.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in VA.

   This page was built from the database on  8-Aug-13
   based on textual data last updated on 2013/08/05
   and on technical data last updated on 2013/08/05

(none available)