GLENCOE : USA - IL

   Theodore C. Butz Memorial Carillon

*Location:

   Chicago Botanic Garden
   Lake-Cook Road (County Line Road),
     east of Edens Highway (U.S.41)
   Glencoe, Illinois, USA
   LL: N 42.14497, W 87.78865

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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:

   Chicago Botanic Garden   (Su)
   Attn: Tammy Diaz
   *parcel:
     1000 Lake-Cook Road
     Glencoe, IL  60022
   *postal:
     PO Box 400
     Glencoe, IL  60022-0400
   T: (847)835-6906   F: (847)835-6840
   E: TDiaz@ChicagoBotanic.org

*Schedule:

   Monday at 7pm, mid-June thru August
   (some by guests)

      The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 48 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is C  in the middle octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C   
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 1986
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1986

*Links:

The Garden's Website has a section about the carillon.  There is an online map, which can be zoomed in to see that the tower is on Evening Island, just to the left of center.

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 concert class carillons by age.

Index to all traditional carillons in IL.

Index to all tower bell instruments in IL.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 11-Jun-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/06/01
   and on technical data last updated on 1986/11/01

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