CLEARWATER : USA - FL 

   Betty Jane Dimmitt Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   Episcopal Church of the Ascension
   Oramge Avenue at Turner Street
   Clearwater, Florida, USA
   LL: N 27.95869, W 82.80272
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*Player:

   Beth E. Hunter,   (A)
     Organist-Choirmaster
   H: (727)871-1001   W: (727)447-3469x210
   F: (727)446-5170
   E: OrgHunter@aol.com
      music@churchofascension.org
   - and -
   Phyllis C. Webb   (C)  [winter only]
   E: phylcwebb@comcast.net
   - and occasionally -
   Janine Schenck   (A)
   E: windDancer7@TampaBay.rr.com
   - and occasionally -
   Linda Pointer   (C)
   E: fphinizy@pipeline.com
*Past Carillonneurs: 
   1985-89 Linda Pointer   (C)

*Contact:

   Church of the Ascension
   701 Orange Avenue
   Clearwater, FL  33756-5232
   T: (727)447-3469   F: (727)446-5170
   E: office@churchofascension.org

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Technical data: 

   Traditional carillon of 49 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C 25
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1982
     with bells made by Eijsbouts   
   Year of latest technical information source is 1992

*Links:

The church Website has a brief description of the carillon on the Music Ministry page, plus a concert schedule.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Eijsbouts 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 FL.

Index to all tower bell instruments in FL.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 20-Jan-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/01/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/07/17

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