*Location:

   Christ United Methodist Church
     (formerly First Methodist Church)
   East Broadway Street
     at South Freedom Avenue
   Alliance, Ohio, USA
   LL: N 40.91936, W 81.09868

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Christ United Methodist Church
   470 East Broadway Street
   Alliance, OH  44601-2698
   T: 330-823-7136   F: 330-823-7137
   E: secretary /@/ cumcalliance DOTorg
      pastor /@/ cumcalliance DOTorg

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Gift of Col.W.H.Morgan;
   added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th.
   Electrified by Verdin in 1955, using
   pusher solenoids; keyboard at organ
   console.  Chimestand remained in tower
   until 1984; now displayed in history
   room.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 13 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  2 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C E   /    NONE  
   There are two added semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1919
     with bells made by McShane     
   Auxiliary mechanisms: nC    
   Tower details: 
     Height of console:                  1 meters above ground
     Height of lowest level of bells:   24 meters above ground
     Height of highest level of bells:  26 meters above ground
     Belfry openness:  10%
   Year of latest technical information source is 2023

The church Website has a tiny photo of the building in the page headers.  The brief History doesn't mention the chime.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the McShane 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 OH.

   This page was built from the database on 23-Jul-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/06/22
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/06/22