SAINT LOUIS - Z : USA - MO

*Location:

   Zion Lutheran Church (LCMS)
   21st and Benton Streets
   St.Louis, Missouri, USA
   LL: N 38.64845, W 90.20445
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*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

   Zion Lutheran Church
   2500 North 21st Street
   St.Louis, MO  63106-2409
   T: (314)231-0382   F: (314)231-0453

*Schedule:

   Before & after 1030 Sunday service;
   ringing at noon and 6pm daily.

*Remarks:

   Bells by The Henry Stuckstede Bell
   Foundry Co., St.Louis.
   Added semitones are F#,A#,C#,F#.
   Two bass bells no longer swing;
   four double-hammered automatics
   imitate swinging rates on do-mi-sol-do.
   Chimestand removed; electric keyboard
   in narthex (was in balcony).

*Technical data: 

   Electric-keyboard chime of 16 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    NONE  
   There are four added semitones
   The present keyboard was relocated in 1999
   Prior history:
     In 1969, the keyboard was replaced
     In 1895, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

A photo (102KB) of the church

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the first Stuckstede 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 15-Jan-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/01/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/11/16

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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