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Plumb Memorial Carillon
*Location:
Chapel Tower Trinity College Summit and Vernon Streets Hartford, Connecticut, USA LL: N 41.74932, W 72.69201
*Player:
David M. Maker (C)
205 Vernon Avenue, Apt.143
Vernon, CT 06066-4374
H: (860)871-1441 W: (860)486-1617
E: ForksAndHope@sbcglobal.net
- and -
The Guild of [Student] Carillonneurs
of Trinity College
c/o Office of the Chaplain
Hartford, CT 06106
*Past Carillonneurs:
1932-43 Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby,
President and Chaplain (d.1943)
1943-46 (none)
1946-47 (not identified)
1947-48 J.O.Bird, W.H.Blake, J.Brush'50
1948-49 J.O.Bird '49, W.H.Blake '49
1949-50 G.H.Hickok '50 and others
1950-51 G.E.Becker '51, D.K.Sullivan
1951-55 Chaplain G.B.O'Grady
1951-52 G.Clem, R.Hibbs, D.Sullivan
1952-53 G.H.Clem '53, D.K.Sullivan '53
1953-54 J.R.Bradley, R.L.Fleming,
D.C.Rohlfing, G.J.Willis
1954-55 R.L.Fleming, G.J.Willis
1955-56 Richard L. Fleming '56, Chairman
1956-58 Rolfe A. Lawson '58, Master
Robert M. Olton '59, Assistant
1958-59 Robert M. Olton '59, Master
Carl S.Zimmerman '61, Assistant
1959-61 John E. Thrower '61, Master
Carl S.Zimmerman '61, Assistant
1961-62 Bruce A. Thayer '62, Master
1962-63 (not identified)
1963-64 William T. Bowie '64, Master
1964-65 (not identified)
1965-66 William R. Carlson '66, Master
Gilbert G. Campbell '67, Ass't
Charles Kurz, II, '67, Ass't
1966-71 (not identified)
1971-73 David W. Shively '73, Master
1973-75 Suzanne Gates '75, Master
Andrea McCrady '75, Assistant
1975-78 Daniel Kerry Kehoe '78, Master
1978-81 (not identified)
1981-82 Laura Dyson '84, Senior C.
1982-2007 Daniel Kerry Kehoe '78, (C)
Resident Carillonneur
2005-07 Suzanne Magassy, (C)
Visiting International Carillonneur*Contact:
Office of Chapel Music T: (860)297-2014 E: chapelmusic-office@trincoll.edu - or - Department of Public Relations Trinity College 300 Summit Street Hartford, CT 06106-3186 T: (860)297-2140
*Schedule:
For chapel services during term; also 7pm Wednesdays in summer (guests).
The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists
*Remarks:
4-octave practice console (now in playing room) is non-transposing; both keyboards are first GCNA standard. Original locally-made 30-note practice keyboard remains in tower.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 49 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is B in the bass octave
Transposition is up 1 semitone(s)
Keyboard range: A#C / A#C 25
There are two missing bass semitones
There is an identical practice console
The instrument was enlarged in 1978
with 27 bells made by Taylor
Prior history:
In 1932, the instrument was begun with 30 bells
by Taylor
(22 bells remain from that work.)
Year of latest technical information source is 1993
*Links:
The new carillonneur's biography.
A Web page on Connecticut Carillons has brief descriptions of 10 of the 11 carillons in this state, with thumbnail photos linked to larger JPEG files.
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 Taylor 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 CT.
Index to all tower bell instruments in CT.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-07 based on textual data last updated on 2007/06/30 and on technical data last updated on 1993/03/23
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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