Blethan Bells

*Location:

   University of Washington
   Seattle, Washington, USA

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*Remarks:

   Was installed in a refurbished water
   tower, and played regularly until its
   destruction by fire in 1949.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection, no longer in existence (defunct), of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1912
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

More information about this defunct site may be available on the page of North American sites that are no more.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely/Wvlt bellfoundry.

   This page was built from the database on  5-Jul-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/02/16
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/02/16