TACOMA - FP : USA - WA

*Location:

   First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
   Tacoma Avenue South at Division Avenue
   Tacoma, Washington, USA
   LL: N 47.26356, W 122.44715
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*Player:

   Patrice D. Barnett, Organist
   E: patricedbarnett@gmail.com

*Contact:

   First Presbyterian Church
   20 Tacoma Avenue South
   Tacoma, WA  98402-2697
   T: (253)272-3286
   E: generalinfo/@/fpctacoma.com
      generalinfo/@/fpctacoma.org

*Schedule:

   In use

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan,
   donated by Mrs. Anna Rumbaugh Swan,
   installed by R.Lofink

*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 1925
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1925
*Links:

The church Website has "Our History" and "Our Building" pages (both found under About) with historic and current photos of the building; the latter connects to a page about the tower, which mentions the chime and includes two audio clips.

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 WA.
Index to all tower bell instruments in WA.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on  3-Feb-14
   based on textual data last updated on 2015/02/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/04/09
*Photos:

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