STAMFORD - FPC : USA - CT

   Walter N. Maguire Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   Maguire Memorial Tower
   First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)
   Bedford Street at Oak Street
   Stamford, Connecticut, USA
   LL: N 41.06274, W 73.53864

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*Player:

   Marietta Storm Douglas   (A)
   8 South Street
   Cos Cob, CT  06807-1618
   H: (203)625-9449   W: (914)732-4427
   E: Mlette_97@yahoo.com

*Contact:

   First Presbyterian Church
   1101 Bedford Street
   Stamford, CT  06905
   T: (203)324-9522

*Schedule:

   Sundays at 11 am; summer series at 7pm
   on Thursdays in July (guests).

      The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists

*Remarks:

   Of the 14 G&J bells which were removed
   in the 1968 expansion, 2 were stolen
   and the remaining 12 were transferred
   to the New Skete Monastery,
   Cambridge, NY (see in Chimes section).

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 56 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is B  in the bass octave
   Transposition is up  1 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     A#G   /    A#A   
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is an identical practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1968
     with 34 bells made by Paccard     
   Prior history:
     In 1947, the instrument was begun with 36 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
       (22 bells remain from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1970

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

*Links:

The church Website no longer has any information about the carillon.

The carillonneur's own Webpage about the instrument has a photo of the tower.

Building photos from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)

About the chime which contains 12 of the former trebles from this carillon.

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 Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard 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 2007/08/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2002/01/04

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