LONGVIEW : USA - WA

*Location:

   Longview Community Church
   Washington Way at Kessler Boulevard
   Longview, Washington, USA
   LL: N 46.13423, W 122.95021
Site locator map

*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Longview Community Church
   2323 Washington Way
   Longview, WA  98632-2725
   T: (360)423-6380   F: (360)577-8723
   E: Webform

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Ordered by Robert A Long, Chairman,
   Long-Bell Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo.
   Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     E F#  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1926
     with bells made by McShane     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nC    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992
*Links:

The church Website opens with a photo of the building, with some bells visible in the open belfry.  Formerly there was a sanctuary tour page, which had a photo of the bells and another of the tower.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane 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 WA.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Jan-22
   based on textual data last updated on 2022/01/28
   and on technical data last updated on 2021/09/30
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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