DENVER - DU : USA - CO

   Carl M. Williams Carillon

*Location:

   Carl M. Williams Tower
   Daniel L. Ritchie Center
     for Sports and Wellness
   East Jewell Avenue near South High St.
   University of Denver
   Denver, Colorado, USA
   LL: N 39.68210, W 104.96250

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*Player:

   Todd Fair, University Carillonneur  (C)
   Lamont School of Music
   University of Denver
   2344 East Iliff Avenue
   Denver, CO  80208-0001
   H: (303)722-2527   W: (303)871-6967
   F: (303)871-3118   E: tfair@du.edu

*Contact:

   Lamont School of Music
   University of Denver
   2344 East Iliff Avenue
   Denver, CO  80208
   T: (303)871-6400
   - or -
   University of Denver
   2199 South University Boulevard
   Denver, CO  80208
   T: (303)871-2000  [main switchboard]

*Schedule:

   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters
   0900-2100 Mon-Sat, 1200-2100 Sun
   Alma Mater plays automatically after
   9pm hour strike. 

*Remarks:

   Dedicated 24 October 1999.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 65 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the bass octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     G C   /    G C 29
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is an identical practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1999
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1999

*Links:

The DU Website includes a page about campus architecture, with a photo of the Ritchie Center tower and a brief mention of the carillon.  Unfortunately, a former full page about the carillon was taken down long ago, and information about it which was included in the Ritchie Center description pages has disappeared more recently.  The carillon is mentioned in numerous news articles, which can be found through the Search facility on the DU Website.

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 age.

Index to all traditional carillons in CO.

Index to all tower bell instruments in CO.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 30-Mar-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/03/14
   and on technical data last updated on 1999/10/15

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