GARDEN GROVE : USA - CA

   Arvella Schuller Carillon

*Location:

   Crean Tower
   The Crystal Cathedral
    (originally Garden Grove Community
     Church, Reformed Church in America)
   West Chapman Avenue at South Lewis St.
   Garden Grove, California, USA
   LL: N 33.78774, W 117.89923

   Either exterior cable hoist (2-person
   free-swinging basket) or 140' (45m) of
   vertical ladders (safety harness
   available).

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*Player:

   (none)

   1990-2002 James R. Lawson (1919-2003)
   1993-10 Rick Breitenbecher   (A)

*Contact:

   Music Ministry Office
   The Crystal Cathedral
   12141 Lewis Street
   Garden Grove, CA  92840-4627
   T: (949)971-4150

*Schedule:

   Sundays at noon; Christmas Eve;
   Independence Day; before organ recitals
   and other special programs.
   Mon-Sat automatic hymn tunes at noon.

*Remarks:

   Major-third bells; Cambridge quarters.
   Also playable from both organ consoles
   (without expression).
   2011: Property being sold at bankruptcy
   to Roman Catholic diocese in Orange
   County; three-year transition.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 52 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C E   /    C C 24
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is an identical practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1990
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1994

*Links:

The church Website includes the tower in a photo on the Visitors' Information page.  Look for the "All About Us" page, and then History, to find more photos and some information about the tower and carillon.

Waymarking page, with 5 photos

Building information and photos (17 of 24 images include all or part of tower)

A blogger's photo of the tower - somewhat tilted but very detailed.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)
A former photo of the entire tower appears to have been lost in a reorganization of the church page and the tower page into a "building complex."

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American concert class carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in CA.

Index to all tower bell instruments in CA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 21-Dec-11
   based on textual data last updated on 2011/12/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1991/07/06

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