WHITE SALMON : USA - WA

*Location:

   City Hall
   North Main Avenue and Jewett Boulevard
   White Salmon, Washington, USA
   LL: N 45.72785, W 121.48683
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*Contact:

   Town of White Salmon
   PO Box 449
   White Salmon, WA  98672-0449

*Schedule:

   Hour strike; before or after animation
   3x daily (schedule variable);
   music on holidays.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 14 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is unknown
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The arrangement of tones and semitones is unknown.
   The whole instrument was installed in 1977
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Auxiliary mechanisms: H
   Tower details not available
   Year of latest technical information source is 2000
*Links:

The city Website has an illustration of the tower on the home page, but does not mention the bells.

A tourism page about the city mentions the bells and their playing schedule.

The Wikipedia article on this town has a photo of the City Hall and its bell tower (clickable for larger version).

The Wikimapia entry for the City Hall has a better picture of the building, showing the bells above the clock.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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 WA.

*Status:
   This page was built from the database on 31-Dec-18
   based on textual data last updated on 2018/12/11
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/08/08
*Photos:

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