STANFORD : USA - CA

   Hoover Institute Carillon

*Location:

   Hoover Tower
   Stanford University
   Serra Street
   Stanford, California, USA
   LL: N 37.42759, W 122.16692

   Belgian Pavilion
   New York World's Fair

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*Player:

   Timothy Zerlang,   (C)
     Carillonneur
   2040 West Middlefield, #7
   Mountain View, CA  94043-2859
   H: (415)967-4996   W: (415)494-1212
   E: timzer@stanford.edu

   1941 ded. Kamiel Lefévere
   19??-??: James R. Lawson (1919-2003)
   1960-91: James B. Angell (1924-2006),
     Professor of Electrical Engineering

*Contact:

   Hoover Institution
   Stanford University
   Stanford, CA  94305
   T: (650)723-1754 or -2058

*Schedule:

   No regular playing schedule.
   For observation tower hours,
   T: (415)723-2053

*Remarks:

   Original bells cast in 1938.  Drum is
   weight-driven with continuous chain
   and electric auto-winder; hand-wound
   cable system was never used.
   2006: Totally renovated & expanded:
   new keyboard in new cabin in belfry;
   all bells rehung with new mechanism;
   original keyboard (disconnected) still
   in place on platform in top level of
   archives, next to drum.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    ----  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is a practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 2001
     with 24 bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Prior history:
     In 1941, the instrument was begun with 35 bells
       by Michiels    
       (24 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 2002

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

*Links:

The university main Website and related servers have lots of information about the carillon and the tower, including the following:

• a paragraph among the Landmarks in the history of Stanford.
• a picture of the tower top is accompanied by one of the clock tower, but there is no text about either one.
• a campus sites page includes two photos plus links to news articles (two accompanied by video) about the carillon and its renovation.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
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Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Michiels bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of 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 22-Aug-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/08/02
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/05/31

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