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Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church (High Point, N.C.)
No full textThe chime in the Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church has an electric-keyboard and 13 bells. The chime was installed in 1967 and the bells were cast by the McShane Bell Foundry (Baltimore, Maryland, US). The bourdon (bass) bell has a pitch of D in the middle octave and weighs 3,050 pounds. The smallest bell weighs 500 pounds. Transposition is nil. Keyboard range is DG/none. The chime was turned electric around 1940. The keyboard and strikers were replaced in 2003 by van Bergen (Traveler’s Rest, South Carolina, US)
St. Cecilia's Church (Englewood, N.J.)
No full textThe chime in St. Cecilia’s Church is an electric-keyboard chime of nine bells. The chime was installed in 1920 and the bells were cast by the Meneely Bell Foundry (Troy, New York, US). From 1913 to 1920, the chime was located in a tower at Happyland (Tenafly, New Jersey, US)
Saint James' Church (Upper Montclair, Montclair, N.J.)
No full textThe chime in the Saint James Episcopal Church is a traditional chime of 11 bells. The chime was installed in 1919 and the bells were cast by the McShane Bell Foundry (Baltimore, Maryland, US). The chime was refurbished in 2001
Niederlander Carillon
No full textThe Niederlander Carillon in Calvary Episcopal Church is a traditional carillon of 44 bells. The instrument was started in 1959 with 15 bells that were cast by the van Bergen Bell Foundry (Heiligerlee, NL). In 1966, the instrument was enlarged to 37 bells by the van Bergen Bell Foundry (Greenwood, South Carolina, US). In 1995, the carillon was enlarged to its present size with bells that were cast by the Petit and Fritsen Bell Foundry (Aarle-Rixtel, Holland, NL). Two of the van Bergen Bell Foundry (Greenwood, South Carolina, US) bells were replaced by Meeks, Watson, and Company (Georgetown, Ohio, US) in 1996
Harry A. and Mariah H. Seabrook and Thomas Family Memorial Carillon
No full textThe Harry A. and Mariah H. Seabrook and Thomas Family Memorial Carillon in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is a traditional carillon of 25 bells. The instrument was started in 1929 with eight bells that were cast by the Gillett and Johnston Bell Foundry (Croydon, England, GB). In 1952, the instrument was enlarged to 23 bells with 15 new bells that were cast by the van Bergen Bell Foundry (Heiligerlee, NL). In 1953, it was enlarged again by the van Bergen Bell Foundr
Simon Goodman Memorial Carillon
No full textSimon Goodman Memorial Carillon at Wilmington College is a traditional carillon of 35 bells. The bells were cast by Petit & Fritsen Bell Foundry (Aarle-Rixtel, NL) for Pope Pius XII’s exhibit at the 1957 Brussels World’s Fair and later purchased by Mrs. Bessie Goodman in memory of her husband
Westminster Carillon
No full textThe Westminster Carillon in Westminster Presbyterian Church is a traditional carillon of 42 bells. The carillon was started with 35 bells that were cast by the Petit and Fritsen Bell Foundry (Aarle-Rixtel, Holland, NL). It was enlarged in 1956 with bells cast by the Petit and Fritsen Bell Foundry
Pepsi Cola
No full textThe Pepsi-Cola Company sponsored a traveling carillon. It was designed and created by the I. T. Verdin Company (Cincinnati, Ohio, US) and built in 1970. The carillon had 35 bells that were cast by the Petit and Fritsen Bell Foundry (Aarle-Rixtel, Holland, NL)
Tennessee [General]
No full textContents of the collection include general information about one or more carillons in Tennessee (US)
Cora Allison Leavens Memorial Carillon
No full textThe Cora Allison Leavens Memorial Carillon in the St. John the Divine Episcopal Church is a traditional carillon of 42 bells. The carillon was started in 1952 with 35 bells cast by the Petit and Fritsen Bell Foundry (Aarle-Rixtel, Holland, NL). In 1962, the carillon was enlarged with seven bells cast by the Petit and Fritsen Bell Foundry