LA PORTE : USA - IN 

   The Children's Carillon

*Location:

   The Presbyterian Church of La Porte
   Kingsbury and Indiana Avenues (US.35)
   La Porte, Indiana, USA
   LL: N 41.59458, W 86.70864
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*Player:

   James Rodgers
   307 Kingsbury Avenue
   La Porte, IN  46350-6011
   H: (219)324-7956   W: (219)362-6219
   F: (219)362-8689
*Past carillonneur: 
   2004-08 David Eicher   (A)

*Contact:

   The Presbyterian Church of La Porte
   307 Kingsbury Avenue
   La Porte, IN  46350-6011
   T: (219)362-6219   F: (219)362-8689
   E: office@laportepresbyterian.org
   - or -
   Linda and Dan Lewis
   87 Keston Elm Drive
   La Porte, IN  46350-6641
   T: (219)362-5158
   E: ldlewis87 @ comcast DOTnet

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Remarks:

   The first American carillon in 30 years
   to be built entirely of components
   from Petit & Fritsen; dedicated on
   May 16, 2004.  Console has space for
   another octave of trebles.

*Technical data: 

   Traditional carillon of 36 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C C   /    C C 24
   There is one missing bass semitone
   The whole instrument was installed in 2004
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004

*Links:

The church Website has a photo of the building and tower.  There are also several pages about the carillon and the tower construction project.

WCF article on this carillon, with photos

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

Index to all traditional carillons in IN.

Index to all tower bell instruments in IN.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 25-Mar-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/03/14
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/01/05

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