DREXEL HILL : USA - PA

*Location:

   Collenbrook United Church (UCC) 
   (was Northminster Presb. Ch,
      Federated)
   Township Line and State Roads 
     (both U.S. Highway 1) 
   Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
*Former Location (1928-57): 
   Northminster Presbyterian Church 
   35th and Baring Streets 
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

*Contact:

   Collenbrook United Church 
   5290 Township Line Road 
   Drexel Hill, PA  19026-4797 
   T: (610)789-9590   F: (610)853-6552 
   W: info@collenbrook.org

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) hour strike 
   from noon to 8pm.

*Remarks:

   Oversized baton keyboard in original 
   location was junked in the move to the 
   present location.

*Technical data: 

   Electric-keyboard chime of 15 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     E C   /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The present keyboard was installed in 1958
     by the maker cited in Remarks above
   Prior history:
     In 1928, the complete instrument was installed
       with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website opens with a sketch of the building and low tower. There is a page ("Historic Chimes") about the history of the bells.

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

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) 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 27-Aug-04
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/08/20
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/08/20

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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