COVINGTON - GP : USA - KY

   The Carroll Chimes

*Location:

   Goebbel Park
   Philadelphia Street at West 6th Street
   Covington, Kentucky, USA
   LL: N 39.08421, W 84.52063

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*Player:

   Richard D. Gegner   (C)
   3718 Settle Road
   Cincinnati, OH  45227-3020
   H: (513)271-8519

   William C. Wayne, Jr.   (A)

*Contact:

   MainStrasse Village Association
   616 Main Street
   Covington, KY  41011
   T: (606)491-0458

*Schedule:

   Rarely played by hand; automatic play
   accompanies jacquemarts acting out
   the Pied Piper story.

*Remarks:

   2007: Verdin upgrading automatics to
   include all bells; but no improvements
   for the manual action.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 43 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  9 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C G   /    C G   
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is a practice console
   The whole instrument was installed in 1979
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

*Links:

Illustrated article

Photo and description from Glockenspiel USA.

Where this work lies in the sequence of output of the Petit & Fritsen bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.

Index to all glockenspiels 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 KY.

Index to all tower bell instruments in KY.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 16-Aug-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/06/30
   and on technical data last updated on 1994/01/11

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