OSHKOSH : USA - WI

*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Church
   Division Street at Algoma Boulevard
   Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
   LL: N 44.01883, W 88.54006
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Trinity Church
   311 Division Street
   Oshkosh, WI  54901-4731
   T: (920)231-2420   F: (920)231-5720
   E: trinityosh@yahoo.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones presumed sharp 4th
   and flat 7th; electrified by Verdin
   in 1976 with outside strikers; tenor
   no longer swings.  Chimestand remains,
   disconnected and moved up one level
   in the tower.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1917
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nCnW1 
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004
*Links:

The church Webpage has a photo of the building and its unusual tower.

Historic photo of the building

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) 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 WI.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 18-Jul-12
   based on textual data last updated on 2012/06/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/01/05
*Photos:

(none available)


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