WELLESLEY : USA - MA

*Location:

   Galen L. Stone Tower
   Green Hall
   Wellesley College
   Central Street (Mass. Highway 135)
   Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
   LL: N 42.29294, W 71.30523

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*Player:

   Wellesley College Guild of [Student]
     Carillonneurs   (A)
   c/o Schneider Student Center
   Wellesley, MA  02481-8268
   T: (781)235-0320x2244
   E: GuildWebComments@wellesley.edu
      slee@wellesley.edu

*Contact:

   Wellesley College
   106 Central Street
   Wellesley, MA  02481
   T: (781)283-1000

*Schedule:

  (unknown)

*Remarks:

   Renovated in 1984 by Verdin, with new
   4-octave NA standard keyboard by
   R.Watson replacing original 4-octave
   keyboard by G&J.  Practice keyboard by
   Somers in 1930s.

*Technical data:

   Traditional carillon of 32 bells
   Pitch of heaviest bell is G  in the middle octave
   Transposition is up  7 semitone(s)
   Keyboard range:     C A 49/    C C 23
   There are two missing bass semitones
   There is a non-identical practice console
   The instrument was enlarged in 1990
     with bells made by Taylor      
   Prior history:
     In 1984, the keyboard was replaced
       by the maker cited in Remarks above
     In 1931, the instrument was begun with 30 bells
       by Gillett & Johnston
   Year of latest technical information source is 2004

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

*Links:

On the college Website, in a huge page on Wellesley's buildings, there is a photo of the fine tower of Green Hall, with a brief mention of the carillon.  On the campus map, Green Hall is at the north end of the Academic Quad (click there for more detail).  A page about Green Hall has more photos of the tower.
The student guild maintains its own Website about the instrument, the players and the tower, with lots of photos. But when seen in March'04, the menu to reach pages beyond the first was broken.

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 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 traditional carillons by year of completion.

Index to all traditional carillons in MA.

Index to all tower bell instruments in MA.

*Status:

   This page was built from the database on  4-Sep-06
   based on textual data last updated on 2006/08/30
   and on technical data last updated on 2004/09/27

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