RICHMOND : USA - KY

*Location:

   Memorial Bell Tower
   Miller Hall
   Eastern Kentucky University
   Lancaster Avenue and University Drive
   Richmond, Kentucky, USA
   LL: N 37.74134, W 84.30208
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*Player:

   (unknown)
*Past players: 
   1997+/-  Dr. David Wehr

*Contact:

   Eastern Kentucky University
   521 Lancaster Avenue
   Richmond, KY  40475-3102
   T: (606)622-1000
   E: janet DOTcreech /@/ eku DOTedu [PR]

*Schedule:

   (unknown)

*Technical data: 

   Electric-keyboard carillon of 37 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is A  in the middle octave
   Transposition is unknown
   Keyboard range:     ----  /    ----  
   The whole instrument was installed in 1971
     with bells made by Petit & Fritsen
   Year of latest technical information source is 1973

*Links:

The EKU Website does not mention this instrument at all, though an old campus tour page has a tiny photo of the bell tower.

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

Index to all tower bell instruments in KY.

*Status: 

   This page was built from the database on 21-Apr-07
   based on textual data last updated on 2007/04/20
   and on technical data last updated on 1992/05/09

Explanations of page format and keyboard range are available.

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