MONONGAHELA : USA - PA

*Location:

   First United Methodist Church
   West Main Street at Lebannon Street
   Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.20334, W 79.92716

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   First Methodist Church
   430 West Main Street
   Monongahela, PA  15063-2552
   T: (724)258-7054   F: (724)258-7059

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tenor originally swung, in center of
   frame.  Electrified in 1969.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1925
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

A blogger's article relates the chime history, but is slightly misleading about the pre-1969 action.  It includes a photo taken in the belfry, showing the swinging tenor low-hung in the center of the frame rather than on top (as both Meneelys generally did).
There is a link to a video clip (which may not work on all browsers) composed of snapshots.  The sound of the Westminster quarters at the beginning and end of the video is NOT from these bells, but from an electronic device.

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 11-Feb-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/01/09
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/01/01

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