MARYSVILLE : USA - OH

   Arthur Chimes

*Location:

   First United Methodist Church 
   South Court & Sixth Streets 
   Marysville, Ohio, USA

*Player:

   Christ Westfall, organist

*Contact:

   Pastor Harold Shimfessel 
   First Methodist Church 
   207 South Court Street 
   Marysville, OH  43040-1546 
   T: (937)642-4712 
   E: fumc@fumcmarysville.org

*Remarks:

   Original chimestand plays only the 
   original 10 bells (including flat 7th),
   via new transmission.  New bells 
   (treble and sharp 4th), cast to old 
   profiles, have similar sound.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition (organ) is unknown
   Keyboard range (organ):          ----  /    ----  
   Transposition (chimestand) is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range (chimestand):     F G   /    F A# 4  
   There are two added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1985
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1920, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website has a rotating series of four photos in the upper right corner of the home page; one of them shows the bell tower. (If you're not running Java, you may not see it; go to the Mission page for a non-rotating version.) But there is no information about the chime.

To see a locator map, click here: or here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.

Where the initial phase of 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  6-Apr-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/04/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/09/07

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