BEAVER FALLS : USA - PA

*Location:

   McCartney Library 
   College Avenue 
   Geneva College 
   Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, USA

*Contact:

   McCartney Library 
   Geneva College 
   3200 College Avenue 
   Beaver Falls, PA  15010 
   T: (724)846-5100

*Remarks:

   Refurbished (and possibly tuned?) 
   in 1997-8.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1929
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 2003

*Links:

The college Website has a page about the bells in the context of gifts to the library. A page about McCartney Library includes a photo of part of the tower, but does not mention the bells.

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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 PA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 22-Apr-03
   based on textual data last updated on 2003/04/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2003/04/22


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