Ending the Decades of Silence

Dr. Tim Diebel and Organist Carl Staplin of First Christian Church in Des Moines, Iowa describe the experience of renovating their 30-Bell tower chime. This beautiful set of harmonically-tuned tubular bells were manufactured and installed by J. C. Deagan in 1937.

An attempt to bring the the First Christian Church chime into the modern age in the 1970s worked for awhile. The manufacturer of that system eventually admitted that it would never be reliable, that they didn't have the technology to improve it, and eventually they ceased to support it.

After more than two decades silence, Chime Master has replaced the electric action with a technologically advanced pneumatic ringing system. Five factory technicians worked a week of overtime through the weekend preceding Christmas so that the church could enjoy the bells on Christmas Eve.

Details of the new system are provided on the Chime Master website:
http://bit.ly/f8sfhE

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