BARRINGTON : USA - IL

   Bard Memorial Bells

*Location:

   St.Michael's Episcopal Church 
   South Dundee Avenue 
     above West Hillside Avenue 
   Barrington, Illinois, USA

*Contact:

   St.Michael's Church 
   647 South Dundee Avenue 
   Barrington, IL  60010-4299 
   T: (847)381-2323   F: (847)381-3517 
   E: alisonb@hotmail.com 
      nholmes@stmichaelsbarrington.org

*Remarks:

   Keyboard at organ

*Technical data:

   Electric-keyboard chime of 12 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C --  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1955
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is unknown

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building and its unusual belfry. The bells are mentioned on the About Us page.

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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 chimes by size (number of bells).

Index to all tower bell instruments in IL.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 26-Jan-05
   based on textual data last updated on 2005/01/25
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/05/18

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