CHICAGO - MA : USA - IL

*Location:

   Michigan Avenue Baptist Church 
   South Michigan Avenue near 23rd Street 
   Chicago, Illinois, USA

*Remarks:

   No congregation of this name remains; 
   whether chime still exists is unknown.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 17 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1870
     with bells made by Jones       
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

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

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

Why this chime was a milestone in North American chime history (1870).

Index to all tower bell instruments in IL.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 27-Aug-04
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/08/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/04/01

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