*Location:
Phelps Stokes Chapel
Berea College
Chestnut Street (US Hwy.25)
near Ellipse Street
Berea, Kentucky, USA
LL: N 37.57155, W 84.29232
*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:
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
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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