KANSAS CITY - IB : USA - MO

*Location:

   Independence Boulevard Christian Church
     (Disciples of Christ) 
   Independence Boulevard (U.S.Hwy.24) at 
     Gladstone Avenue 
   Kansas City, Missouri, USA

*Player:

   Maurice M. Miller 
   3924 Coachman Drive 
   Independence, MO  64055-4040 
   H: (816)373-8340 
   - and - 
   Wayde Wrich

*Contact:

   Independence Boulevard Christian Church
   606 Gladstone Avenue 
   Kansas City, MO  64124-2596 
   T: (816)231-0016   E: office@ibcckc.org

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th and flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D E   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1919
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

*Links:

The church Website opens with a picture of the building. The acquisition of the chime is mentioned on the History page.

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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 MO.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 21-Mar-04
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/03/21
   and on technical data last updated on 1995/04/01

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