DETROIT - DS : USA - MI

*Location:

   Word of Faith Int'l Christian Center
     (formerly Duns Scotus College)
   West Nine Mile and Evergreen Roads
   Southfield,
     Detroit, Michigan, USA
   LL: N 42.46033, W 83.24450
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Word of Faith Int'l Christian Center
   20000 West Nine Mile Road
   Southfield, MI  48075
   T: (248)353-3476   F: (248)353-3693
   E: Webform at www.wordoffaith.cc

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan, installed by
   C.J.Gercken.  College closed in 1979;
   property bought by present owners 1996.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 20 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 1930
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1960
*Links:

The Center's Website has a photo of the Chapel and bell tower on the Contact page.

The English Wikipedia article about the former college has a photo of the building, showing clearly that the tower chime remains in place.

Photo from south

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 MI.
Index to all tower bell instruments in MI.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 11-Jan-19
   based on textual data last updated on 2019/01/11
   and on technical data last updated on 2003/05/29
*Photos:

(none available)

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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