SELMA : USA - AL

*Location:

   St.Paul's Episcopal Church 
   Lauderdale Street & Selma Avenue 
   Selma, Alabama, USA

*Contact:

   St.Paul's Church Office 
   210 Lauderdale Street 
   Selma, AL  36701-4521 
   - or - 
   PO Box 1306 
   Selma, AL  36702-1306 
   T: (334)874-8421   F: (334)875-7457

*Technical data: 

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in 1938
     with  2 bells by Meneely/Troy
   Prior history:
     In 1888, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
       (8 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1938
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Troy) bellfoundry.

Ranking among all North American chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in AL.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on  8-May-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/05/08
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/01/07

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