LEBANON - CC : USA - PA

*Location:

   Christ Church (Presbyterian/PCUSA) 
   1300 Maple Street (Route 72) 
   Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA

*Contact:

   Christ Church Office 
   1300 Maple Street 
   Lebanon, PA  17046-2764 
   T: (717)272-9541 
   - or - 
   Christ Church Manse 
   737 Maple Street 
   Lebanon, PA  17046 
   T: (717)272-2462 
   E: jrob6596@earthlink.net

*Remarks:

   Jones chime was unsatisfactory, and 
   those bells were returned to that 
   foundry; but chimestand and other 
   parts were retained for use with the 
   new Meneely (Troy) bells.

*Technical data: 

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The instrument was enlarged in 1967
     with  1 bells by an unknown maker
   Prior history:
     In 1887, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
     In 1872, the complete instrument was installed
       with 9 bells made by Jones       
       (0 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001
Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website has a small sketch of the building on the home page, a photo on the Worship page, and a slideshow of the exterior on the Galleries page. But it demands a high-bandwidth Internet connection, Javascript and style sheets, and may crash some Web browsers.

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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Jones bellfoundry.
Where the second 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 PA.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 25-Sep-04
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/09/03
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/03/01

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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