CHICAGO - MT : USA - IL

*Location:

   Mitchell Tower
   University of Chicago
   57th Street & South University Avenue
   Chicago, Illinois, USA
   LL: N 41.79128, W 87.59839
Site locator map or [ MapQuest map ]
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*Player:

  (unknown)

*Contact:

   Mark R. Rizzo
   526 South Prospect Avenue
   Park Ridge, IL  60068-4715
   H: (847)754-4569   W: (312)322-4475
   F: (312)322-2028
   E: mrizzo@theocc.com
   - or -
   University of Chicago
   5801 South Ellis Avenue
   Chicago, IL  60637
   T: (312)702-1234   [general offices]

*Schedule:

   Practice Saturday 1100-1300,
   Monday 1830-2030 (call first)

*Technical data: 

   Ring of 10 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D# in the middle octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1908
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 1978

*Links:

An excellent campus map facility provides both customized locator maps and building photos for Mitchell Tower as well as for Rockefeller Chapel with its 72-bell carillon.  Click on the small photo beside the map to see an enlarged version and other views.

Building photo from Emporis Buildings
(Also see our Emporis Advice.)

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

Ranking among all North American rings by pitch/weight.
Ranking among all North American rings by size (number of bells).
Ranking among all North American rings by year of completion.

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 15-May-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/05/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1979/01/16

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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