CHATTANOOGA : USA - TN

*Location:

   St.Paul's Episcopal Church 
   305 West 7th Street 
   Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

*Player:

   (parishioners)

*Contact:

   Paul L. Reynolds, Organist and 
     Choir Director 
   St.Paul's Church 
   305 West 7th Street 
   Chattanooga, TN  37402-1787 
   T: (423)266-8195   F: (423)265-7912
   E: stpauls@cdc.net

*Schedule:

   For Sunday services; also autoplay at 
   0848 daily in memory of 9-11. 
   Whittington hour strike; two-note 
   half-hour strike; no 1/4 or 3/4 strike.

*Remarks:

   Added semitones flat 7th & sharp 4th;
   tenor swings, on new steel frame.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D E   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1911
     with bells made by McShane     
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

*Links:

The church Website has a small picture of the building on the Directions page, but says nothing about the bells. (The "Chimes" item in the menu is for the parish newsletter.)

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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 TN.

Inspector's commentary: This chime in its present state is an outstanding example of the right way to renovate and modernize a historic American-made instrument. The original chimestand has been refurbished, the original mechanical action has been balanced and adjusted to a reasonably short stroke (almost carillon-like), the swinging tenor bell has been rehung on a modern frame, and the added electric action is completely independent. /s/ C.S.Z.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 14-Jul-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/07/08
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/07/08

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