BRYN ATHYN : USA - PA

*Location:

   Indoors (organ)
   Bryn Athyn Cathedral (Swedenborgian)
   Cathedral Road near Huntingdon Pike
   Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.13435, W 75.06367
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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   Bryn Athyn Cathedral
   *parcel:
     900 Cathedral Road
   *postal:
     PO Box 277C
   Bryn Athyn, PA  19009
   T: (267)502-4600
   E: eric.carswell/@/brynathynchurch.org

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan, formerly part of
   the chime in Kingsport, TN (q.v.).
   Located indoors, in the Celestial
   division (above the crossing) of the new
   organ designed & built by Charles Kegg.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) chime of 14 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 2014
     with tubular bells made by Deagan in 1948     
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2014
*Links:

The church Website has a page about the building, with a photo of the complex.

The organ builder's page has a photo of the tower and describes how the Deagan tower chime fits into the organ.

The Organ Historical Society has a page about the organ and its included Deagan chime

An English Wikipedia article has photos of the building.

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 PA.
Index to all tower bell instruments in PA.

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

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