STORRS - CC : USA - CT 

   Austin Cornelius Dunham Memorial
     Carillon

*Location:

   Storrs Congregational Church (UCC)
   North Eagleville Road and Storrs Road
     (CT Hwy.195)
   Storrs, Connecticut, USA
   LL: N 41.81180, W 72.25040
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*Player:

   David M. Maker   (C)
   205 Vernon Avenue, Apt.143
   Vernon, CT  06066-4374
   H: (860)871-1441   W: (860)486-1617
   F: (860)486-3796
   E: david.maker@uconn.edu
      ForksAndHope@sbcglobal.net

*Contact:

   Storrs Congregational Church
   2 North Eagleville Road
   Storrs, CT  06268
   T: (860)429-9382   F: (860)429-9693
   E: info@storrscongchurch.org
   - or -
   Dr.Patricia Snyder,
     Director of Music Ministry
   E: trisha@storrscongchurch.org

*Schedule:

   Weekdays at 1630 during academic year;
   monthly recitals in summer (Mondays)

      The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists

*Remarks:

   Carillon owned by University of
   Connecticut.
   Cambridge (Westminster) quarters,
   from Seth Thomas tower clock.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional carillon of 31 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is E  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  4 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    C F   
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1931
     with bells made by Meneely/Wvlt
   Year of latest technical information source is 1993

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building on the home page.  There is a carillon page with photos, description and history of the instrument.

The carillonneur's biography.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Meneely (Watervliet) bellfoundry.

Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by weight.
Ranking among all North American traditional carillons by size (number of bells).

Index to all traditional carillons in CT.

Index to all tower bell instruments in CT.

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.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/07/23
   and on technical data last updated on 1993/08/22

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