FLINT - FB : USA - MI

*Location:

   Woodside Church (ABC/UCC) 
   (First Baptist Church of Flint) 
   East Court Street at Beard Street 
   Flint, Michigan, USA

*Player:

   Dr. Quincy Dobbs, Minister of Music 
   

*Contact:

   Woodside Church 
   1509 East Court Street 
   Flint, MI  48503-6202 
   T: (810)767-4911   F: (810)767-4151 
   E: info@woodsidechurch.net

*Remarks:

   Original installation (1952) was 2 1/2
   octaves, but in 1957 the bells were 
   replaced (or the trebles removed) to 
   yield the present chime.  Added semi- 
   tones are sharp 4th and flat 7th. 
   Original Deagan automatic player was 
   replaced by a Maas-Rowe control system
   in late 1980s.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the treble octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1952
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen

*Links:

The church Website has a long illustrated page about this chime and its unusual history.

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 Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in MI.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 20-Aug-04
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/08/18
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/05/17

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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