COLUMBUS - KA : USA - OH

*Location:

   King Avenue United Methodist Church 
   King & Neil Avenues 
   Columbus, Ohio, USA

*Player:

   Jeff Wyckoff 
   Box 642 
   Delaware, OH  43015-0642 
   H: (614)368-3970

*Contact:

   King Avenue Methodist Church 
   299 King Avenue 
   Columbus, OH  43201-2613 
   T: (614)424-6050
   E: kingave@juno.com 
      cmcmanus@earthlink.net 
   - or - 
   Richard Walsh, Chimer Emeritus 
   3964 Sharon Avenue 
   Columbus, OH  43214-3228 
   T: (614)268-1514 
   - or - 
   Paul G. Andrus, engineer 
   9518 Olentangy River Road 
   Liberty, OH  45427 
   T: (614)885-9952

*Schedule:

   Before Sunday service

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    F A# 4
   There is one added semitone
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1921
     with bells made by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The church Website has a wide-angle photo of the building on the splash page. A faint sketch of the building, in which the tower is more vertical, appears as the background of most other pages. The Music Ministry page has a small photo of the chimestand, but incorrectly calls the chime a carillon.

To see a locator map, click here: or here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the locations of the chimes at Trinity Episcopal Church and Orton Hall, OSU.

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 OH.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 25-Jul-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/07/25
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/09/07

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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