BIRMINGHAM - FPC : USA - AL

*Location:

   First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
   21st Street North* at 4th Avenue North
     (* = Richard Arlington Jr Blvd N)
   Birmingham, Alabama, USA
   LL: N 33.51817, W 86.80617

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*Player:

   Muriel Teague

*Contact:

   First Presbyterian Church
   2100 4th Avenue North
   Birmingham, AL  35203-3304
   T: (205)322-5469
   E: webperson@
          firstpresbyterianbirmingham.org
   E: church@
          firstpresbyterianbirmingham.org

*Schedule:

   Sundays at noon; also special events,
   including Festival of Arts and
   Veterans Day.

*Remarks:

   Practice clavier is the original G&J
   53-note main clavier from Park Avenue
   Baptist Church, New York.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 37 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F# in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  6 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C G   
   There are no missing bass semitones
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1961
     with bells made by vanBergen   
   Prior history:
     In 1924, the instrument was begun with 25 bells
       by Taylor      
   Year of latest technical information source is 1970

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website has a small photo of the building and tower on the home page, but no information about the carillon (as of July 2006).

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the vanBergen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among other North American traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among other North American traditional carillons by size (number of bells).

Index to all traditional carillons in AL.

Index to all tower bell instruments in AL.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  4-Jul-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/07/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/05/09

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