LUBBOCK - FM : USA - TX

*Location:

   Overton Memorial Bell Tower
   First United Methodist Church
   13th Street at Avenue M
   Lubbock, Texas, USA
   LL: N 33.58373, W 101.85081
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*Player:

   Sigurd Øgaard, Organist
   T: (806)763-0781
   E: sogaard@fumc.com
*Past players: 
   19??-20?? Dr. Gordon McMillan

*Contact:

   First Methodist Church
   1411 Broadway
   Lubbock, TX  79401-3207
   T: (806)763-4607   F: (806)763-7252

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   The swinging bass bell, named the
   Centennial Bell for the founding of
   the church, was installed in 1992.
   Range is two octaves G-G, chromatic
   except for two bass semitones,
   plus treble A and C.

*Technical data: 

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     GGAC  /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1995
     with bells made by Taylor      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

*Links:

On the church Website, it is possible to find a few tiny photos of the building, with the top of the tower visible; but there's no complete picture.  A short page about organ and carillon (under Music Ministries) has a photo of the bells, and links to a photo page with five clickable photos of bells and access.

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

Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American non-traditional carillons by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in TX.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 28-Apr-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/04/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/05/31

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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