PHILADELPHIA - STL : USA - PA

*Location:

   St.Luke's Episcopal Church 
   Germantown Avenue at Coulter Street
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

*Contact:

   St.Luke's Church 
   5411-21 Germantown Avenue 
   Philadelphia, PA  19144-2294 
   T: (215)844-8544   F: (215)844-0932 
   E: parish@stlukesger.org

*Remarks:

   Original semitone sharp 7th; added 
   bells are sharp 4th and 3 trebles.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D#A#  /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The instrument was enlarged in 1967
     with  4 bells by P & F       
   Prior history:
     In 1892, the instrument was begun with 10 bells
       by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1974

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church's Website has a photo of part of the building on the main page; unfortunately the belfry is largely obscured. The bells are not mentioned.

To see a locator map, click here: or here: or here:
Also check our own Map Use Hints.
These maps also show the locations of the chime at Christ & St.Michael's Episcopal Church and the carillons at First UMC of Germantown and St.Vincent's Seminary.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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  3-Feb-03
   based on textual data last updated on 2003/02/03
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/12/31

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