OAK PARK - FB : USA - IL

*Location:

   First Baptist Church (ABC)
   Ontario Street at Oak Park Avenue
   Oak Park, Illinois, USA
   LL: N 41.89040, W 87.79528

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*Player:

   John Hyndman, Building Manager
     and Handbell Director
   E: jjhmagic@sbcglobal.net

*Contact:

   First Baptist Church
   820 Ontario Street
   Oak Park, IL  60302-2027
   T: (708)848-4070
   E: firstbaptist820@sbcglobal.net

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan;
   added semitone is flat 7th.
   Keyboard is near organ console.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime 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 are two added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1922
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building on several pages.

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*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 28-Jun-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/05/13
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/05/13

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