Photo Gallery

GRACE EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL, TOPEKA, KS
Survived the largest fire in the history of Topeka. 
Restored by Top Rung in 1988.

PEACHTREE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
ATLANTA, GA
Restored by Top Rung in 1989.

Bill playing the chimes during the Peachtree Road Race.

Peachtree Road Race.

SCOTTY'S CASTLE, DEATH VALLEY, CA
One of two surviving residential systems. 
Now a National Park property. 
Serviced by Top Rung since 1996.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
STATESVILLE, NC
Only known system that is A=439 cycles.

HOLLYWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
32-note system with quite a view.
Serviced by Top Rung since 2013.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH,
CONCORD, NC
Restored by Top Rung in 1996.

CHINQUA-PENN PLANTATION,
REIDSVILLE, NC
One of two surviving residential systems.
Serviced occasionally by Top Rung since 1994.

FORD MEMORIAL CHAPEL, ALLEGHENY COLLEGE,
MEADVILLE, PA
The oldest operational system. Installed in 1918.
Serviced occasionally by Top Rung since 1993.

FORD MEMORIAL CHAPEL, ALLEGHENY COLLEGE,
MEADVILLE, PA
Dedication Plaque

FORD MEMORIAL CHAPEL, ALLEGHENY COLLEGE,
MEADVILLE, PA
Equipment on third floor of the tower.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WINTER HAVEN, FL
This 20-note system hung silently through two electronic imitations. Restored by Top Rung in 2019.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WINTER HAVEN, FL

The keyboard had red ink on its ivory keys.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WINTER HAVEN, FL

The restored keyboard.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WINTER HAVEN, FL

Five of the twenty restored strikers.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WINTER HAVEN, FL

Striker relays before restoration.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WINTER HAVEN, FL

Restored striker relays.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WINTER HAVEN, FL

The main relay before restoration.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WINTER HAVEN, FL

Restored main relay ready to be delivered.

CITY HALL, ASHEVILLE, NC
One of four municipal systems ever installed. 
System restored by Top Rung in 1997.

CITY HALL, ASHEVILLE, NC
The chimes are on the octagonal eleventh floor.

ST. JAMES'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
RICHMOND, VA
1981 replacement equipment failed,  Original Deagan equipment was restored by Top Rung in 1993. Lightning gutted church in 1994. Chimes began ringing again in 1996, six months before the sanctuary restoration was completed.  Top Rung built a new rack in 2018 in conjunction with structural repairs to the steeple.

ST. JAMES'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, RICHMOND, VA
Detail of the original chime rack.

ST. JAMES'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
RICHMOND, VA
Model of a new rack with chimes in five openings & cell phone antennas in three openings.

ST. JAMES'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, RICHMOND, VA
Looking up through the new rack, January, 2018.

NEILS ESPERSON BUILDING, HOUSTON, TX
It was tallest building west of the Mississippi River when it was built in 1926. Five Westminster chimes were located just below the observation deck. Negotiations 
for restoration are ongoing.

Deagan publicity photo of a 20-note instrument.

BRYN ATHYN CATHEDRAL, BRYN ATHYN, PA
The orphaned system from Kingsport, TN, is incorporated in the new pipe organ.

BRYN ATHYN CATHEDRAL, BRYN ATHYN, PA
Charles Kegg, of Kegg Pipe Organs, connecting a striker restored by Top Rung.

ST. JAMES BY-THE-SEA EPISCOPAL CHURCH
LA JOLLA, CA
This is the only Deagan tower chime that predates its church; 
the tower was built several years before the church was. Top Rung replaced the failed 1975 replacement equipment with restored Deagan equipment in 2007.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, MOBERLY, MO
The change in brick color indicates that the tower was added to the 1905 building for the 1948 set of eighteen chimes. Top Rung has serviced this system since 1993.

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, EVANSVILLE, IN
Top Rung added a Deagan Electric Roll Player and services the original Westminster chiming device,
and the replacement strikers.

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
MOORESTOWN, NJ
Top Rung repaired this long-silent system in 2003.
It was originally installed at the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1925 and was donated to the church in 1928.

FIRST PARISH CHURCH, WAKEFIELD, MA
Restored by Top Rung in 2007. Bill was in this chime
loft in 2017 when lightning destroyed the historic First Baptist Church one block away.

CHABAD LUBAVITCH, SWAMPSCOTT, MA
This is the former home of First Church Congregational, and the original site of their twenty-five note 1927 Deagan instrument.

FIRST CHURCH CONGREGATIONAL, UCC, SWAMPSCOTT, MA
The bottom five chimes could not fit in the steeple of the 1960's building. Top Rung facilitated the removal and transfer of the surviving twenty chimes to the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra in 2016.

ST. MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, TOLEDO, OH
Plaque

ST. MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, TOLEDO, OH
Silent since at least 1961, the instrument was repaired by Top Rung in 2004.  A Deagan Electric Roll Player added in 2005.  The ten strikers were restored in 2016.

ST. MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, TOLEDO, OH
Forming new copper covers for the ten strikers.

ST. MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, TOLEDO, OH
Original cast brass front plates on new copper covers.

ST. MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, TOLEDO, OH
Electrical & sound insulation installed in the new covers.

ST. MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, TOLEDO, OH
Strikers ready to return to Ohio.

ST. MARK'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, TOLEDO, OH
Installed and ready to ring chimes.

SALEMSBORG LUTHERAN CHURCH
SALEMSBORG, KS
The "Twin Tower" church replaced the "Spire" church, which was destroyed by lightning. Even the Lindsborg Auto Company donated to the chimes fund. Top Rung restored the chimes in 1986 and rebuilt the organ in 1988.

TOPEKA HIGH SCHOOL TOWER
Ink drawing that I use in my letterhead; I don't know who drew it for the school.

PENINSULA MEMORIAL PARK
NEWPORT NEWS, VA
The ten note instrument is the only one known to be in a hexagonal tower, and the only one that has never had a keyboard; it plays only from a roll player.

THE PEOPLE'S CHURCH OF DOVER,
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
The entire tower is a WWI memorial. The only tower chime ever installed in Delaware, it was restored by Top Rung in 1994, and lowered to the balcony level in 2018 due to structural problems. The church is trying to raise funds for repairs.  Donations would be welcomed!

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)
EUGENE, OR
Postcard shows the church prior to the addition of the
tower and chimes in 1926.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), EUGENE, OR
The only tower chimes ever installed in Oregon have been serviced by Top Rung since 1997.