READING - CC : USA - PA

*Location:

   Christ Episcopal Church
   North 5th & Court Streets
   Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.3363, W 75.9279

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*Player:

   Brian W. Holt
   1401 Alsace Road
   Reading, PA  19604-1858
   H: (610)375-7130   W: (610)775-0371

*Contact:

   Christ Church
   5th & Court Streets
   Reading, PA  19601
   T: (610)374-8269   F: (610)374-4191

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1874
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building on the home page, and mentions the chime on the Music page.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)

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 21-Apr-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/04/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/01/01

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