FORT WAYNE - E : USA - IN

   Becker Memorial Chimes

*Location:

   Emmaus Evang. Lutheran Church (LCMS)
   Broadway at Creighton Avenue 
   Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA

*Player:

   Barbara Kanning, Bill Schmidt, 
   Mary Barney, and Sherri Lunz

*Contact:

   Rev. Albert L. Keller 
   Emmaus Lutheran Church 
   2320 Broadway 
   Fort Wayne, IN  46807-1198 
   T: (219)456-4573 
   E: emmaus@elcs.org

*Remarks:

   Added semitones: sharp 4th & flat 7th.
   Original chimestand and transmission
   removed.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (baton keyboard) of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D#F   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1922
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

To see a locator map, click here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the location of the chime at First Presbyterian Church.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.

Index to North American baton-keyboard chimes.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in IN.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 15-Mar-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/03/14
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/09/07

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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