EVANSTON - SW : USA - IL

   Laurance Hearne Armour Memorial
     Carillon

*Location:

   Chapel of St.John the Divine
   Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
     (Episcopal)
   Sheridan Road at Haven Street
   Evanston, Illinois, USA
   LL: N 42.05708, W 87.67785

   Grace P.E. Church
   Chicago, Illinois, USA

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*Player:

   Wylie Crawford   (C)
   701 Sheridan Road
   Evanston, IL  60202-2501
   H: (847)328-2333   W: (847)328-5193
   F: (847)328-5196
   E: Wylie@Crawford.net

*Contact:

   Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
   2122 Sheridan Road
   Evanston, IL  60201
   T: (847)328-9300,  (800)275-8235
   F: (847)328-9624
   E: seabury@seabury.edu

*Schedule:

   Not regularly played

*Remarks:

   Bells connected to first 3 octaves of
   a 4-octave keyboard.
   G bell of chime remains in tower,
   independent of carillon, and swings.
   Carillon restored in 1999 by Verdin.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 35 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C  */    C G   
   There is a practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1954
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Prior history:
     In 1936, the instrument was begun with  9 bells
       by Meneely/Troy
       (0 bells remain in the carillon from that work.)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1970

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The seminary Website has a tiny photo of the chapel and tower at the head of menus on interior pages.  The Site Search facility cannot find any mention of the carillon, but there is one next to a fine photo of the tower and spire on the Campus Facilities page (under About Seabury); the subordinate page about the Chapel includes several paragraphs about the carillon and its history.

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

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

Index to all traditional carillons in IL.

Index to all tower bell instruments in IL.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  2-Oct-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/10/02
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/01/07

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