SAN FRANCISCO - LH : USA - CA

*Location:

   Triumphal Arch
   Court of Honor
   Palace of the Legion of Honor
   El Camino Del Mar at Legion of Honor Ct
   Lincoln Park
   (via 34th Avenue at Clement Street)
   San Francisco, California, USA
   LL: N 37.78457, W 122.50072
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
   100 34th Avenue
   San Francisco, CA  94121-1677
   T: (415)750-3502  [Administrator]
      (415)750-7685  [Information Desk]
   E: contact@famsf.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan; donated by
   J.D.Spreckels of San Diegeo (Spreckels
   Sugar Refining Company), who also
   donated the Skinner organ from which the
   chime is played; installed by R.Lofink.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) chime of 10 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1924
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1924
*Links:

On a museum Website, the chime is mentioned on a page about the Skinner Organ from which it is played (see under About).

The chime is mentioned on a museum Website.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the J.C.Deagan Company.

Ranking among all tower tube instruments by size (number of notes).

Index to all tower tube instruments in CA.
Index to all tower bell instruments in CA.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Nov-14
   based on textual data last updated on 2014/11/24
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/05/14
*Photos:

(none available)

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