*Location:

   St.James' Episcopal Church
   South Third Street at 1st Avenue East
   Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA
   LL: N 41.29431, W 92.64161

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.James' Church
   *parcel:
     207 South Third Street
     Oskaloosa, IA  52577
   *postal:
     PO Box 545
     Oskaloosa, IA  52577-0545
   T: 641-673-4218

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Added semitone is flat 7th.
   Tenor swings.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   There is one added semitone
   The presence or absence of a practice console is unknown
   The whole instrument was installed in 1902
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: S1    
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

The church Website has a photo of the building at the bottom of the home page.  The chime is described on the History page.  One of the photo galleries includes a picture of the chimestand.

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).
Ranking among all North American chimes by weight (pitch).
Ranking among all North American chimes by year of completion.

Index to all tower bell instruments in IA.

   This page was built from the database on  1-Aug-25
   based on textual data last updated on 2025/07/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2025/07/27