STORM LAKE - BV : USA - IA

*Location:

   Schaller Memorial Chapel 
   Buena Vista University 
   (was Buena Vista College)
   West of College Avenue, 
     between West 3d and 4th Streets 
   Storm Lake, Iowa, USA

*Contact:

   Buena Vista University 
   610 West 4th Street 
   Storm Lake, IA  50588-1798 
   T: (712)749-2351   F: (712)749-2037 
   T: 1-800-383-2821

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1963
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is unknown

*Links:

On the home page of the University Website, the Flash animation briefly shows the chapel at the left of one scene. There is a small Facilities page about Schaller Memorial Chapel (without the bell tower). A better photo is provided by the Theater Department.
The "Victory Bell" pictured elsewhere in the campus tour is painted iron, not bronze.

To see a locator map, click here: or here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in IA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  9-Apr-04
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/04/09
   and on technical data last updated on 1975/07/20

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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