INDIANAPOLIS - IP : USA - IN

*Location:

   IUPUI Campus Center
   Indiana Univ - Purdue Univ Indianapolis
   West Michigan Ave. at University Blvd.
   Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
   LL: N 39.7743, W 86.1758
*Former location (1953-2008): 
   Trinity Tower
   University Lutheran Church and
     Student Center (LCMS)
   East Chalmers & South 6th Streets
   Champaign, Illinois, USA
   (LL: N 40.1072, W 88.2298)
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*Player:

   (None)
*Past carillonneurs: 
   1953-1967 (no records)
   1968-2001 Susanne G. Wood   (A)
   2001-08  (disused)

*Contact:

   Campus Center Administration Office
   CE 278
   420 University Boulevard
   Indianapolis, IN  46202
   T: (317)278-8511   F: (317)278-0828
   E: campcntr@iupui.edu

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Bells refurbished by Chime Master,
   who supplied new controls. Former
   baton keyboard and mechanical action
   not transferred to new location.

*Technical data: 

   Electric-automatic carillon of 25 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is F  in the treble octave
   Transposition is up 17 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C D   /    ----  
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is no practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 2008
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen in 1953
   Year of latest technical information source is 2008

*Links:

The Start page of a group about the Campus Center has an evening photo of the building.  The Photo Gallery has pictures of the tower construction and the completed building (no bells visible yet).

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in IN.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 10-May-09
   based on textual data last updated on 2009/05/01
   and on technical data last updated on 2008/10/30

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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