SAINT PETERSBURG - STP : USA - FL

*Location:

   St.Peter's Episcopal Cathedral
     (was St.Peter's Church)
   140 Fourth Street North,
     at Second Avenue North
   Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
   LL: N 27.77332, W 82.63868

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*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

   St.Peter's Cathedral
   *postal:
     PO Box 1581
     Saint Petersburg, FL  33731-1581
   *parcel:
     140 Fourth Street North
     Saint Petersburg, FL  33701
   T: (727)822-4173   F: (727)823-2205
   E: stpetersplace@spcathedral.com

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan, installed by
   Fred Little; dead for many years until
   restored by Verdin in Oct. 2006, with
   controls shared by new digital speaker
   system.
   Note range assumed from Deagan's
   general advertising material.
   Also a 42-inch cast bronze bell,
   date and maker unknown.

*Technical data:

   Electric-automatic chime of 20 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D A   /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1926
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2006

*Links:

The Cathedral Website has a tiny photo of the tower and building on the Service Schedule page; the Music page does not mention this chime on the list of musical instruments available.

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*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 20-Jan-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/10/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/12/31

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