DECATUR : USA - IL

   The Conklin Memorial Chimes

*Location:

   First United Methodist Church 
   North Church and West North Streets 
   Decatur, Illinois, USA

*Contact:

   First Methodist Church 
   201 West North Street 
   Decatur, IL  62522-2221 
   T: (217)423-9711   F: (217)423-5025 
   E: cdouglas@mail.millikin.edu 
      bgibbons@mail.millikin.edu

*Schedule:

   Seldom played because of fears for the
   tower structure.

*Remarks:

   Added semitones: flat 7th & sharp 4th.
   Electrified 1960, chimestand removed. 

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1910
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

*Links:

The church Website has a fine photo of the unusual building. But the two visible belfries are empty--the chime is in another tower at the rear of the church.

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 McShane bellfoundry.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in IL.

*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 2001/01/15

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