COHASSET : USA - MA

   The Cohasset Carillon
   (formerly known as the Bancroft
     Memorial Carillon or the Jesse M.
     Barron Memorial Carillon)

*Location:

   St.Stephen's Episcopal Church
   Highland Avenue
   Cohasset, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.24140, W 70.79081

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*Player:

   Sally Slade Warner,   (C)
     Carillonneur
   7 Crescent Drive, Apartment 1
   Andover, MA  01810-1528
   H: (978)475-2599   W: (978)749-4264
   F: (978)749-4265
   E: salicus@verizon.net
   - and -
   Mary J. Kennedy,   (A)
     Assistant Carillonneur
   41 Stevens Lane
   Cohasset, MA  02025-1838
   H: (781)383-9599   F: (781)383-9599

   1924-30 Kamiel Lefévere  (d.)
   1930-37 Edward B. (Ned) Gammons   (d.)
   1937-38 George Faxon
   1938-85 Earl Chamberlain   (d.)

*Contact:

   St.Stephen's Church
   16 Highland Avenue
   Cohasset, MA  02025-1819
   T: (781)383-1083
   E: fredboston@msn.com  [music director]

*Schedule:

   Sunday 0940-1000 (before service);
   also Sunday 6pm in summer (guests).

      The latest summer schedule of recitals and recitalists

*Remarks:

   The 1925 expansion to 43 bells made
   this the largest carillon in the USA up
   to that time.  New transmission
   installed during 1989-90 enlargement;
   at least 32 of the 35 G&J trebles
   removed were made available for sale,
   10 went into the Kerrytown Chime in
   Ann Arbor, MI, while at least some went
   to private collectors.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 57 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the bass octave
   Transposition is nil (concert pitch)
   Keyboard range:     G E   /    G C 29
   There is one missing bass semitone
   There is an identical practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1990
     with 41 bells made by Taylor      
   Prior history:
     In 1928, the instrument was enlarged to 51 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
       (6 bells remain from that work.)
     In 1925, the instrument was enlarged to 43 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston       (an unknown number remain, probably 4)
     In 1924, the instrument was begun with 23 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston       (an unknown number remain, probably 6)
   Year of latest technical information source is 1991

Additional information on the technical history of this instrument can be found in a database printout.

*Links:

The church Website summarizes the carillon on the History page.  There are extensive illustrated pages about the carillon, though the link to them from the home page appears to be missing (July 2006 - Feb 2008).

The Kerrytown Chime in Ann Arbor, MI, received ten of the G&J trebles removed in the 1990 expansion.

Where the initial phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the second phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the third phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Gillett & Johnston bellfoundry, in this region and in the world.
Where the final phase of this work lies in the sequence of output of the Taylor bellfoundry, in this region and 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 concert class carillons by age.

Index to all traditional carillons in MA.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on 11-Feb-08
   based on textual data last updated on 2008/01/09
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/12/14

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