HARRISBURG - C : USA - PA

*Location:

   Christ Lutheran Church (ELCA)
   South 13th & Thompson Streets
   Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.26363, W 76.86911 z20
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*Player:

   (none)

*Contact:

   Christ Lutheran Church
   124 South 13th Street
   Harrisburg, PA  17104-1095
   T: 717-236-8382
   E; Webform @ www.christharrisburg.org

*Schedule:

   (none--unplayable, 1 tube missing)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan,
   donated by Mr. James H. Gingrich,
   installed by R.Lofink.  Superceded by
   an electronic system in 2006.

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument (without any workable playing mechanism) of 10 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     F G   /    NONE  
   There is one added semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1924
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   Auxiliary mechanisms: I     
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2009
*Links:

On the church Website, The History page has two photos of the building, and mentions the installation of the tower chimes in 1926 (not 1924).  The Contact phage has a photo of the tower top, in which the chime rack can be seen.

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 23-Mar-23
   based on textual data last updated on 2023/03/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2014/11/23
*Photos:

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