SAN RAFAEL : USA - CA

*Location:

   First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
   5th Avenue at E Street 
   San Rafael, California, USA

*Contact:

   First Presbyterian Church 
   1510 - 5th Avenue 
   San Rafael, CA  94901-1807 
   T: (415)456-6760 
   E: churchoffice@fpcsr.org

*Remarks:

   The donor of this chime, Robert Dollar,
   also gave McShane chimes to Falkirk,
   Scotland, and San Anselmo, California. 
   Rehung in present location at unknown 
   date.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The present keyboard was installed in 1915
     by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1915, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website has on several pages a photo which shows that these old bells have been rehung on a new tower which somewhat resembles an electric power pole. But there is no history of how they got there.

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

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in CA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 17-Feb-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/02/12
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/03/23

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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