SCOTTDALE : USA - PA

   Florence M. Overholt Memorial Chimes

*Location:

   First Regular Baptist Church (ABC)
   North Chestnut Street & Loucks Avenue
   Scottdale, Pennsylvania, USA
   LL: N 40.10406, W 79.58816
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*Contact:

   First Regular Baptist Church (ABC)
   Chestnut Street & Loucks Avenue
   Scottdale, PA  15683
   T: (724)887-8450  or  -5835
   - or -
   Rev. James P. Cordell
   PO Box 74

*Schedule:

  (none - unplayable)

*Remarks:

   Added semitones sharp 4th & flat 7th;
   double-action chimestand, though the
   secondary cables and clappers were
   removed many years ago; secondary
   clappers remain in tower, and shift
   mechanism is fully functional.

*Technical data:

   Traditional chime (chimestand) of 11 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  4 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    NONE
   There are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1907
     with bells made by Vanduzen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

*Links:

About Vanduzen's double-action chimes

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Vanduzen 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 PA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 31-Oct-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/10/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2006/02/06


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