MANHATTAN : USA - KS

*Location:

   First Congregational Church (UCC)
   Poyntz & North Juliette Avenues
   Manhattan, Kansas, USA
   LL: N 39.17958, W 96.56710

   First Presbyterian Church
   South Boston Avenue between 7th & 8th
   Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

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*Player:

   (unknown)

*Contact:

   First Congregational Church
   700 Poyntz Avenue
   Manhattan, KS  66502-6053
   T: 785-537-7006
   E: ucc@interkan.net

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan; added semitone
   is flat 7th.  Original independent
   keyboard apparently lost in 1960s
   renovation of Tulsa organ; then played by
   home-made pushbutton control boxes
   in two locations.  Donated by the Tulsa
   church on their acquisition of a set
   of conventional bells; refurbished for
   this installation by Top Rung Tower
   Chime Service (Wm. Pugh).

*Technical data:

   Chime-sized instrument with action described in Remarks above 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 1925
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   Year of latest technical information source is 1960

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building on the History page.

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).

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*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Aug-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/08/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2007/08/01

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