The Foreman Carillon
*Location:
Simsbury United Methodist Church
Hopmeadow Street (U.S.Hwy.202)
at Plank Hill Road
Simsbury, Connecticut, USA
LL: N 41.87605, W 72.80171
*Player:
Daniel Kerry Kehoe (C) 45 Wren Drive Suffield, CT 06078-1817 H: (860)668-1443 W: (860)668-2765 E: clearvisio@cox.net - and - Christopher Eberly 32 Pine Glen Road Simsbury, CT 06070-2752 T: (860)651-3556*Past carillonneurs:
Rev. Kenneth E. White Delores Dupuis
*Contact:
Dr. W. Carlton Coppersmith (A) 13 Sachems Trail West Simsbury, CT 06092-2526 H: (860)658-7864 W: (203)687-8082 F: (203)687-8019 E: coppersmith@comcast.net - or - Simsbury United Methodist Church 799 Hopmeadow Street Simsbury, CT 06070-1821 T: (203)651-3356 E: churchoffice@simsburyumc.org
*Schedule:
Sundays after church services; Sundays in July at 7 pm
The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists
*Remarks:
Also in the belfry is the original church bell by Meneely & Co., West Troy, NY, 1840.
*Technical data:
Traditional carillon of 55 bells
Pitch of heaviest bell is C in the middle octave
Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
Keyboard range: C G / C C 24
There is one missing bass semitone
There is an identical practice console
The whole instrument was installed in 1986
with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
Year of latest technical information source is 1993
*Links:
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 this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen 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 CT.
Index to all tower bell instruments in CT.
*Status:
This page was built from the database on 23-Jul-09 based on textual data last updated on 2009/07/19 and on technical data last updated on 1997/03/05
Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.
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