TOPEKA - HS : USA - KS

   Helen McKenna Mulvane Memorial Chimes

*Location:

   Topeka High School 
   800 Southwest 10th Avenue 
   Topeka, Kansas, USA

*Player:

   Jerry K. Anderson

*Contact:

   Topeka High School 
   800 Southwest 10th Avenue 
   Topeka, KS  66612-1687 
   T: (785)575-6200

*Remarks:

   Tower tubes by Deagan; 
   range D-A less D#, high G#; 
   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters. 
   One keyboard and automatic roll player 
   in 2nd floor Tower room; another 
   keyboard higher in the tower. 
   Repaired by Wm. T. Pugh in 1979, and
   fully restored by Top Rung Tower Chime 
   Service in 1998-99.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 18 tubular bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     D A   /    NONE  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1931
     with tubular bells made by Deagan      
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

*Links:

The high school Website includes the history of this chime.

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).

Index to all tower tube instruments in KS.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 15-May-04
   based on textual data last updated on 2004/05/15
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/05/14

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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