MOORESTOWN : USA - NJ

*Location:

   Trinity Episcopal Church
   West Main & North Church Streets
   Moorestown, New Jersey, USA
   LL: N 39.96256, W 74.95022
*Former location (1925-1929):
   Victor Talking Machine Company
   Market Street, btwn North Front Street
     and Delaware Avenue
   Camden, New Jersey, USA
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Trinity Episcopal Church
   207 West Main Street
   Moorestown, NJ  08057
   T: (856)235-0811   F: (856)235-2187
   E: (Webform @ trinitymoorestown.org)

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan, acquired by
   Eldridge Reeves Johnson, President of
   the Victor company, after hearing the
   set installed in memory of his father
   at Dover, Delaware;
   installed by C.J.Lustig.
   Johnson donated new buildings to
   Trinity in 1928, and the chime may
   have been moved in conjunction with
   their construction.
   Victor was acquired by RCA in 1929.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument or collection of 18 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 1929
     with tubular bells made by Deagan in 1925
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 1960
*Links:

A history page on the church Website records the donation of the buildings, and has a tiny photo of the present one.  But there is no mention of this chime.

The waymarking page for this building has clickable photos of the tower.

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 NJ.
Index to all tower bell instruments in NJ.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 30-Nov-14
   based on textual data last updated on 2014/11/23
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/03/21
*Photos:

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