VERO BEACH : USA - FL

*Location:

   Anderson Tower
   Trinity Episcopal Church
   Granada Avenue at Royal Palm Boulevard
   Vero Beach, Florida, USA
   LL: N 27.64257, W 80.39445

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*Player:

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*Contact:

   Brady Johnson, Organist & Choirmaster
   Trinity Episcopal Church
   2365 Pine Avenue
   Vero Beach, FL  32960
   T: (772)567-1146
   E: bjohnson@trinityvero.org

*Schedule:

   Hour strike daily 8am-8pm;
   automatic play 1700-15 Mon-Fri and at
   1645 Sat, 0715 Sun & before & after
   Sunday services at 9,11am (summer) or
   10am (summer); also special occasions.

*Remarks:

   Completed in early 2006.  Also
   3 swinging bells by Whitechapel, two
   cast in 2000, one for this project.
   Playing keyboard also functions as a
   practice keyboard or recording device.
   Key fob remote control for music,
   peal and toll functions.
   All bells painted same color as frame.

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 32 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up one octave
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    NONE  
   There are no missing bass semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 2006
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2005

*Links:

The church Website has a page about the bell tower under "About Us", with a tower photo and a detailed schedule of operation.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in FL.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 15-Mar-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/03/11
   and on technical data last updated on 2005/09/19

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