WASHINGTON - TM : USA - DC

*Location:

   Taft Memorial
   Louisiana, Constitution, and New Jersey
     Avenues, 1st & C Streets, NW
   Washington, D.C., USA
   LL: N 38.89283, W 77.01099

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   The Architect of the Capitol
   T: (202)228-1793
   E: emalecki@aoc.gov  [Press Room]

*Schedule:

   Quarters and hours, 0800-2000 daily;
   for opening each session of Congress;
   1400 July 4th; for special events.

*Remarks:

   Sub-bourdon swings.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 27 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell (excluding sub-bourdon) is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range: (G )C D   /    NONE  
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1959
     with bells made by Paccard     
   Year of latest technical information source is 1990

*Links:

The Taft Memorial, in text and photos by the office of the Architect of the Capitol.

An article about the man memorialized, with information about the Memorial.

Photo of tower, with U.S.Capitol in the background

Waymarking page, with 7 photos

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Paccard bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in DC.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 11-Apr-10
   based on textual data last updated on 2010/03/28
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/12/31

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