BEAVER : USA - PA

*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Church 
   4th and Beaver Streets 
   Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA 

   Rochester, Pennsylvania, USA

*Contact:

   Trinity Church 
   390 Beaver Street 
   Beaver, PA  15009-2260
   T: (724)774-0679
   E: cneely@tsil.net 
      carl.neely@earthlink.net

*Remarks:

   Church moved, with bells.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) chime of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  5 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in unknown year
     with bells made by McShane     
   Prior history:
     In 1890, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1999

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

*Links:

The church Website opens with a picture of the building, but there is no mention of the bells.

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

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 PA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jan-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/08/18
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/01/25

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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