*Location:

   St.Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church
   Allegheny Avenue between Charles
     and Willow Streets
   Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 39.81036, W 76.98382

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Mark's Church
   129 Charles Street
   Hanover, PA  17331-1897
   T: 717-637-8904
   E: stmarkhanover@yahoo.com

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Durfee, dedicated on
   30 Sep 1906, apparently relocated to new
   building in 1950s; possibly expanded.
   Also a 2028# bell by J.Regester & Sons,
   Baltimore, c.1881, acquired 1883,
   atop tower.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard (from organ) chime of 15 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   Transposition is unknown
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1906
     with tubular bells made by Durfee   
   No auxiliary mechanisms known
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 19**

The church Website opens with a photo of the tower (in a rotating series).

A 1906 newspaper article reported the dedication of the tubular chime.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of its maker.

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.

   This page was built from the database on 31-Dec-24
   based on textual data last updated on 2024/12/31
   and on technical data last updated on 2023/01/29