PITTSBURGH - FB : USA - PA

*Location:

   First Baptist Church of Pittsburgh 
     (ABC)
   Bayard Street & Bellefield Avenue 
   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

*Contact:

   First Baptist Church 
   159 North Bellefield Avenue 
   Pittsburgh, PA  15213-2609 
   T: (412)621-0500 
   E: first-baptist-pgh@usa.net

*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Hemispherical bells by 
   Mears & Stainbank; added 
   semitones are sharp 4th & flat 7th.
   Prior report of being made in 1866 was
   incorrect.  Originally equipped with 
   Ellacombe stand, later augmented by an
   electric action from the organ console.
   Possibilities for renovation are 
   under investigation.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the treble octave
   Transposition is up 12 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     D#G   /    ----  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1913
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building on the home page; the bells are in the central spire.

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Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Whitechapel bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Index to North American chimolas.

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  9-Apr-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/04/07
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/04/07

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