RIVERSIDE : USA - IL

*Location:

   St.Paul's Episcopal Church
   Akenside Road at Long Common and
     Woodside Roads
   Riverside, Illinois, USA
   LL: N 41.82956, W 87.82020

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*Contact:

   Allison Olson, NAG Area Representative
   83 Forest Avenue
   Riverside, IL  60546-1905
   H: (708)447-1481   W: (312)246-2438
   E: allihouha@juno.com
   - or -
   St.Paul's Church
   60 Akenside Road
   Riverside, IL  60546-1809
   T: (708)447-1604
   E: parishoffice/@/stpaulsparish/./org

*Schedule:

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*Remarks:

   Bells of various dates; bells and frame
   were the "EXPO Belfry" portable ring in
   England from 1968 until installation
   here.  Originally totally open; later
   the bellframe was enclosed, but
   ringers still stand outdoors.

*Technical data:

   Ring of  8 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is D  in the treble octave
   Transposition is not applicable
   Keyboard range:     ROPE  /    NONE  
   There are no added semitones
   The whole instrument was installed in 1991
     with bells made by Whitechapel 
   Year of latest technical information source is 2001

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building, but it does not show the bell frame, which occupies an interior courtyard.  There is a page about change ringing in general and these bells in particular.

A photo (100KB) of part of the octagonal bell house, which stands on stilts in the enclosed courtyard of the church.

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  3-May-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/04/27
   and on technical data last updated on 2001/01/15

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