BEREA - 1 : USA - KY

*Location:

   Phelps Stokes Chapel
   Berea College
   Chestnut Street (US Hwy.25)
     near Ellipse Street
   Berea, Kentucky, USA
   LL: N 37.57155, W 84.29232

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*Player:

   John E. Courter   (C)
   Berea College
   CPO 1762
   Berea, KY  40404-1762
   H: (859)986-9617   W: (859)985-3473
   F: (859)985-3994 / Attn: John Courter
   E: John_Courter@berea.edu
   - and -
   (students)

*Contact:

   Berea College
   Berea, KY  40404
   T: (859)985-3000

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th.  Keyboard
   near organ console in main auditorium.
   Derelict chimestand remains in tower.
   2007: A 1927 Meneely chimestand (ex
   P.Price) has been acquired from
   Bill De Turk for use in renovation;
   to be dedicated in 2008.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1917
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The Berea College Website has little information about the chapel and none about the chime.

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

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in KY, including the 56-bell carillon (-2) on the same campus.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/06/30
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/17

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