CARLISLE : USA - PA

*Location:

   First United Church of Christ (UCC)
   30 North Pitt Street 
   Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA

*Player:

   Alan D. Berlin, Director of Music 
   T: (717)787-8524   E: aberlin@pasen.gov

*Contact:

   First United Church of Christ 
   PO Box 576 
   Carlisle, PA  17013-0576 
   T: (717)243-2512 
   E: oneucc@earthlink.net

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th, flat 7th.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1930
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building, but the tower is barely visible.

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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).

Why this chime was a milestone in North American chime history (1930).

Index to all tower bell instruments in PA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 17-Sep-02
   based on textual data last updated on 2002/09/17
   and on technical data last updated on 2000/09/09

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